Media: some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prefer not to use Western weapons

Switchblade 300 UAV. Archive photoMOSCOW, Jun 15 use «unfamiliar» Western weapons, resort to their commercial counterparts, CNN reports, citing a knowledgeable source. According to sources, the transfer of Ukrainians to Western systems that meet NATO standards is proceeding unhindered. For example, while Ukraine's troops have received «hundreds» of American Switchblade kamikaze drones, a number of units prefer to use commercial drones, one source notes. «/>Antonov criticized the Pentagon's statements about its readiness to supply Kyiv with RZSOAccording to a senior official from the US presidential administration, Joe Biden, Washington is trying to better understand the «rate of consumption» of weapons and ammunition by Ukraine. It's hard for the West to judge Kyiv's actions in part because it doesn't tell the West everything, officials say. The Russian Federation previously sent a note to all countries, including the US, over arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.