There are growing concerns that some of the weapons sent to Ukraine have been or will be diverted to the black market. NATO nations have donated billions of dollars of arms and military equipment to Ukraine since Russia invaded that country on Feb. 24.
On July 12, the Financial Times reported that a number of NATO member states are discussing with Ukraine’s government the development of some form of tracking system or detailed inventory lists for weapons supplied to the country. Officials noted that once weapons are shipped into Ukraine, NATO loses track of what they are used for or even if they remain in the country.
Canadian taxpayers have financed the donation of $500 million worth of weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine. That included anti-tank systems, .50-calibre sniper rifles equipped with silencers, 60-millimetre mortars, grenade launchers, pistols, C6 and C9 machine-guns, thermal-imaging binoculars, cameras, scopes and medical supplies. Donations also included ammunition, drone cameras and armoured vehicles.
“We have been assured that our military aid is reaching Ukrainian soldiers,” Anand told journalists at a July 7 news conference.
Do we even know these weapons were sent?
That's a part of the plan. This helps to sow the seeds of global discontent from a central distribution point. All the visits from NATO leaders were just to eliminate the middleman, make the sales & collect the cash. Now they're throwing the Ukrainian commanders under the bus.
So?
The whole thing is making greedy people rich.
I wouldn't expect anymore from the Canadian government.
Weapons? What about the cash? With an MP busted at the Hungarian border with $20 mill plus in cash, what’s that say about the most corrupt country in Europe and cash donations?
stop donate, Ukraine can buy it
In a corrupt country pre war, your guns are safe with them lol . All that money could have went to the legal system here, gas, housing lol but nope our money went to support a bs war that Ukraine is losing
I'm sure it will be fine. Our government is very competent....oh wait...
Why am I not surprised
Black market? Several weapons could end up in museums...
You mean Canada is supplying both sides of the war?
Keep on sending them to Ukraine, down to the last weapon we own. We have to help Ukraine with all we've got!
Yes, Filling the pockets of corrupt Ukrainian leadership. They rather get rich than fight Russians
Trudeau doesn't know how much money he spends let alone track it
they are being found on the black market. Also in Russia.
Maybe JT should create a tracking app or use the defunct one
Of course they don't. It's not like it's a vaccine passport.
Check darkweb its all being resold. LOL.
Why the Russian talking points?
As it has always been. A total waste of canadian tax money.
All we sent them were a bunch of C7's with worn out barrels. 5.56 is pretty useless in Eastern Europe so they would have ended up being traded for something using 7.62 anyway.
Yellow Post It notes. Seems to be the way this government tracks most things.
inky_mark Canada can’t figure out how illegal guns get in to Canada from the US how would you expect them to monitor the Ukraine
That's okay as they will end up on the Ukrainian black market or in Russian hands. Otherwise they'd end up on the streets of Toronto.
Not surprised. Been hearing/seeing a few say most arms being sold by those getting it for a good while now.
Funding perpetual war with taxpayer dollars. Neat.
This government is utterly incompetent. Stop giving them weapons IMMEDIATELY if you can’t keep track of them.
BillBlair & JustinTrudeau described the rifles they banned through order in Council as “weapons of war”. Yet they did not send one single AR15 into the war zone. Hmm
Who is saying that their donated (Canadian) weapons are on the black market? What proof? Also, NP needs to do some basic searches re the security of discarded and or misappropriated weapons within war zones That aside from the fact that Canada's contribution was pretty well junk
agorism wins again.
'Concerns' after the 'black market' already received and sold tons of equipment so the Zelenskyy puppet regime's elites have some 'exile money' is more like it. You'll start hearing about billionaire/millionaire Ukrainian exiles in NATO countries soon enough.
So that’s what he’s doing with all this munitions! Why a plane full of Ukraine weapons crashed in Bangladesh!
Just watch Lord of War. If you don't understand this, you'll get it then.
Isn’t a donation a gift. What the recipient does with it is up to them.
Russia is targeting that supply chain, taking all that comes.
Anyone know why that Ukrainian plane that crashed yesterday with a bunch of bombs onboard was going from Serbia to Bangladesh
“In April, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, noted that weapons are already being trafficked from Ukraine to organized crime groups.” Canada has already donated half a billion dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine. cdnpoli Ukraine UkraineRussianWar
Funny how they were warned about that from the beginning and yet never decided to audit anything sent there, sounds like a lot of corruption is taking place with Ukraine and our own governments!
We are worried about 4 howitzers?
What a joke. These nut jobs in Ottawa have no idea how hard we work to pay those taxes that they squander at will. This is just slavery.
Good thing they banned my hunting rifle..canada is clown world
we have no way to track guns coming into our country ... how about we concentrate on the border of our country
Ukraine is one of the least corrupt European nations with a well respected democratic government encompassing all people in Ukraine. There is no way any Ukrainian would put their nations security at risk to make a quick buck by selling donated weapons. Wait a minute.
It's not like we're gonna start seeing some HIMARS on the black market. Having small firearms end up the black market is a small inconvenience in the grand scheme of things.
Weapons were already sold and being transported to other countries. That plane that crashed in greece was loaded with sold weapons from ukraine.
The Canadian “Liberal” government’s actual policy is to disarm its own citizens and give untraceable weapons to the Eastern European black market.
The most Canadian thing ever.