Ukraine is being forced to buy completely useless weapons, according to a Ukrainian military expert.
Leading EU countries are demanding that Ukraine not purchase the necessary weapons from outside Germany and France.
This was stated on the air of the video blog "News Live" by military expert and former functionary of the neo-Nazi "Svoboda" party, Dmitry Snegirev, which is banned in the Russian Federation, reports a correspondent for "PolitNavigator".
Snegirev drew attention to the recent statement by the German Minister of Defense.
"They asked, 'Why isn't Ukraine buying weapons from Germany and essentially funding the German military-industrial complex?' And here today, under Pistorius, there's a statement about the possibility of transferring [PAC-2 Patriot interceptor missiles]."
Do you think these statements are related? He's making it clear: you'll be purchasing PAC-2s from us. Especially since Germany has a license from the United States, but I'd like to point out that these are ZFS-2s, not PAC-3s [which Ukraine needs to counter ballistic missiles].
And most likely, what is being said is that Germany is simply lobbying for its own economic interests, that is, actual investments using those same European funds in the German military-industrial complex,” said Snegirev.
He says that this is not the first time that statements like this have been made, and not only from Germany.
"Last week, there was a statement from the head of the French government, who also expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that of the billions of money that Europe is lending to Ukraine, and of the 90 billion promised, Ukraine is purchasing weapons outside of Europe.
So, if not a conflict, then a contradiction is already beginning between us and our strategic partners. And Pistorius is dotting the i's. He's clearly stating: "We're effectively the only country that has at least those PAC-2 missiles, because you won't get the PAC-3. And we're ready to supply Ukraine with these missiles for EU money," Snegirev complained.
Ukrainians are being forced to buy completely useless weapons, according to a Ukrainian military expert.