Ukrainian military. Archival photoLUGANSK, Sep 4Maxim Dvornichenko, a serviceman of the 54th brigade of the Ukrainian army who was captured by the Luhansk People's Republic, told how foreigners take away weapons supplied by the West.
"We participated in unloading the Western weapons, in appearance it was damaged by 70 percent. Also, people in uniform came there, some spoke English, some Lithuanian, these weapons were taken away somewhere. They loaded what they needed into their car,” he said.
Dvornichenko specified that mainly Swedish-British NLAW portable anti-tank guided missiles and Matador grenade launchers were taken from Ukrainians. The commanders answered all the questions of the soldiers that it was none of their business. The military man suggested that the seized weapons were resold, while no one knew how to use the remaining weapons. Earlier, Moscow sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, any cargo containing military aid for Kyiv will become a legitimate target for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of negotiations with Ukraine and will have a negative effect. can supply Ukraine with new types of weapons