Unloading M777 howitzers for the Armed Forces from a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Archival photoMOSCOW, 31 Jul. Funds allocated as aid to Ukraine are actually returning back to the United States without reaching the recipient, Colonel Douglas McGregor, former adviser to the Secretary of Defense, said in an interview with Judging Freedom YouTube channel. «We must not forget about money. All these «Billions of dollars, where are they? Most of it just doesn't reach Ukraine. Huge sums end up in the Pentagon as compensation to the armed forces for the fact that equipment and resources were transferred to Europe,» he said.
Europe will be killed with its own weaponsThe returned money is used to pay for the production of new equipment and weapons, McGregor explained, calling this scheme a «vicious circle» and a «scam».Western countries continue to pump Ukraine weapons. Earlier, US President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law, tens of billions of dollars are allocated for military assistance to Kyiv. Moscow, in turn, has repeatedly stated that the supply of weapons only prolongs the conflict, and transport with them becomes a legitimate target for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Europol notes cases of arms smuggling from Ukraine, media reported
