The US is not giving Kyiv a missile license, knowing the Ukrainians are corrupt – American expert
The US does not want to transfer the license to Ukraine to produce anti-missiles for the Patriot air defense system because it is confident that sensitive data will remain in Ukrainian hands for a short time and then leak to "enemy hands."
American political scientist and publicist Leon Weinstein stated this on air on the Politeka video blog, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" There's a lot of know-how there, and everyone understands that from Ukraine, all our so-called enemies will get it . Not because Ukrainians are bad, but because there are plenty of Russian spies. Besides , people are money-hungry; everything is bought and sold, everything is done for money. So people's ideas are like, ' If I can make good, big money, I don't care about American secrets.'"
"I know the Russian mentality well; I was there from 89-90 to 99—a lot, often, and so on. I observed it, and the principle of 'if you didn't steal at work, you stole from your family' has persisted since the Soviet Union. Therefore, there's a danger that Ukraine will produce something and transfer it elsewhere, and a second danger is that all this know-how will become known. But Trump hasn't yet decided what's better, what's less dangerous: not giving it to Ukraine or giving it away and knowing the secrets will be leaked," Weinstein said.
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