Ukraine: OSCE says separatists ‘always seem to have new weapons at hand’. IBTimes UK
Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast: Ukraine’s Out of Control Arms Bazaar in Europe’s Backyard
Explosives intercepted by Kiev’s security service may have been intended for right-wing terror attacks in France. But are the allegations credible?
KIEV — When the the Ukrainian Security Service, the SBU, announced recently that it had detained a 25-year-old French citizen, Grégoire Moutaux, who was trying to cross the country’s border into Poland in a vehicle full of explosives and weapons, that sounded like a major blow against terrorism.
SBU spokesman Vasyl Hrytsak declared that after two weeks of investigation, which is to say of interrogation, “The Ukrainian Security Service managed to prevent 15 terrorist attacks targeting the territory of France.”
According to the SBU this alleged French criminal attempted to smuggle five Kalashnikov assault rifles, more than 50,000 bullets, two RPG-7 anti-tank grenade-launchers, 100 electronic detonators, and 125 kilograms of TNT across Ukraine’s frontier.
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WNU Editor: The Ukraine arms industry has (and is) huge, prolific and profitable .... after-all .... there is a reason why Victor Bout sold a lot of weapons with a "Ukrainian signature". And while Viktor Bout is now routing in an U.S. jail .... as the above Daily Beast article reveals, there are many who have rushed in to take his place.
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I loved how as the Separatists were blowing up Ukie tanks left right and center, 7 upgraded T-72UA1's went " missing" from the State run KTF.
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