US-Manufactured Weapons and Munitions Smuggled Out of Ukraine by a "Shockingly Corrupt" Ukrainian Military

Editor's note: Who is ultimately responsible in the US for oversight of these weapon transfers to Ukraine? The US State Department (note the arrogance: Russia is responsible for arms smuggling) is and they have demonstrated themselves to be arrogant self-important "super-smart" people. Western weapons are being stolen and taken out of Ukraine with reports the weapons are showing up in African countries like Nigeria. There is a network of smugglers within the Ukrainian military who are smuggling the weapons out of Ukraine and selling them on the black market. These aren't old Soviet weapons either. These are modern military weapons including truck loads of ammunition. US-manufactured weapons like Javelin missiles, M4 assault rifles, SCAR-H 7.62 rifles and M240B machine guns. Smuggling weapons and munitions out of Ukraine has been going on well before Russia moved into Ukraine to dismantle the Western-backed criminal mafia state, so the smuggling networks are already in place. Despite this fact, US policy makers in the US continue to send Kiev billions worth of weapons. 

Revelations Of British Mercenary On Shocking Corruption In Ukrainian Army
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Source: Almayadeen

Weapons delivered to Ukraine 'beginning to filter' to Africa: Nigeria

By Al Mayadeen | December 3, 2022

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urges heads of states from neighboring states participating in the Lake Chad Basin Commission to confront the issue of Western arms smuggling from Ukraine.

Weapons supplied to Ukraine from Western countries are "starting to flow" into the Lake Chad basin region, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari warned this week.

Addressing the heads of states from neighboring states participating in the Lake Chad Basin Commission on Tuesday in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, the president said, "Regrettably, the situation in the Sahel and the raging war in Ukraine serve as major sources of weapons and fighters that bolster the ranks of the terrorists in the region."

Buhari then urged his counterparts to increase security cooperation in order to confront the issue of arms smuggling.

The Nigerian president agreed to step up military coordination in their countries' war against Boko Haram and ISIS terrorists, who are now apparently receiving weapons from Ukraine, alongside the leaders of Benin, Chad, Niger, and the Central African Republic.

Last month, Finnish police said that some of the "huge quantities" of weapons being shipped to Ukraine had made their way to Finland, where "three of the world's largest motorcycle gangs" now operate, including Bandidos MC, which "has a branch in every major city in Ukraine."

In August, an American news outlet unmasked that a shockingly large amount of weaponry heading for Ukraine was untraceable. "Like 30% of it reaches its final destination," said a tweet that was later deleted after a swarm of online trolls attacked it.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had previously said the arms supplied by the West to Ukraine were ending up on the black market and spreading across West Asia.

Similarly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had pointed out that Stingers and Javelin missiles, supplied by the West to Kiev, were already being sold at a discount on the black market and have surfaced in Albania and Kosovo, which Russia has warned for so long.

Ukraine has received billions and billions of dollars in donated arms from the United States and its allies such as the United Kingdom and other NATO states in the past few months.
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Of course US planners do not want audits. It would end the Ukraine gravy train.

Lawmakers reject bid to audit US aid for Ukraine

There is little evidence of US-manufactured weapons showing up in Europe because the weapons are being smuggled to Africa:

Weapons in Ukraine aren't flooding Europe's black markets, but that could change

The Finnish underground?

Weapons sent to Ukraine may have ended up in Finnish underground

The leadership class in Hungary seem to be the only sane people and country in Europe:

EU country refuses to train Ukrainian troops

Raytheon scores on Ukraine:

U.S. Army Gives Defense Contractor Raytheon $1.2 Billion Contract to Build Air Defense Systems in Ukraine

The U.S. State Department is a weapons sales office for US war contractors. Wtf is the country of Oman going to do with $385 million worth of Raytheon joint standoff weapons? Buy Raytheon, your best bet during war.

U.S. State Department approves potential anti-drone system sale to Qatar for $1 billion

State Department OKs Potential $385M Sale of Raytheon-Built Joint Standoff Weapons to Oman

US Approves Proposed $3 Billion Raytheon Missile Sale to Kuwait

The U.S. State Department acting as the head sales office for US war contractors, approves $3.75 billion in tank sales to Poland:

U.S. To Sell $3.75 Billion Worth of Tanks To Poland