Excessively high prices: Ukraine purchases from partners of the weapon of the three -year -old - Import Genius

Viewers say that it is known about two agreements on the purchase of Swiss ammunition for Ukraine despite the restrictions, and other weapons import was delivered at inflated prices. "This clearly demonstrates the desperate hunting of Kiev for defensive equipment to combat Russian invaders," the publication reads. The authors of the material note that in July only Ukrainian enterprises imported from factories in Eastern Europe, including Soviet development, for at least $ 346 067 021.

At the same time, these agreements are not related to billions of dollars of military assistance provided by the United States and other countries, which support Ukraine. Documents testify to at least two cases of importing Ukraine's ammunition by Swiss production: Ukrainian Armor has received 500,000 rifles. ). According to Import Genius, the Swiss company Swissp Defense.

"The cartridges were delivered by the Polish importer of the UMO company" Ukrainian Armor " - a private defense enterprise, which, according to some reports, is one of the largest private suppliers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces," the observers said. However, ammunition for Swiss rifles is only a small part of a large number of defense products that Ukraine purchases from weapons and third -party weapons.

Other deliveries include the sale of 50 M113B AIFV armored personnel carriers from Belgium, which were subsequently seen on the battlefield. The sale was issued 50 separate import declarations. Moreover, supply management was carried out by Global Military Products, which is a third -party weapon seller. The same Florida company has put weapons and ammunition on hundreds of millions of dollars on Ukraine, working both directly with Kiev and both the US government contractor.

Meanwhile, the observers noted that the founder of Global Military Products was detained by the FBI for discussion of bribery in the framework of the terminated corruption case. Ukraine's need for combat vehicles, especially in the context of a counter -offensive in mid -2023, also led to the fact that 30 M113A3 infantry fighting vehicles were purchased in July for the needs of the Armed Forces in several parties from a private American dealer International Parts Suppply Corporation.

Among other major sources: Romania - $ 22 million, Czech Republic $ 20 million, Turkey - $ 22 million and Bulgaria - $ 90 million. Such purchases often cost an excessively high amount, unlike the weapons, which are supplied free of charge as US military assistance and their allies. Viewers. For example, on July 5, Ukraine received 1000 units of 152 mm shells from the Bulgarian manufacturer of weapons through the Polish strategic reserves agency.

The documents indicate the amount of one ammunition - $ 3 thousand. According to experts, this is about three times more than Russia pays for the projectile. Among the most expensive ammunition referred to in the documents were unmanaged 122 mm rockets to the Grad RSSU. One of the parties set by the Polish company Alfa to the Ukrainian State Importer of Weapons "Progress" on July 18, indicated the invoice price equivalent to $ 5434 for each projectile made by Bulgarian weapons VMZ.

At the same time, the same ammunition of Iranian production cost $ 1860 for one projectile. Finally, the observers reported that the Defense One edited commented on the US Embassy in the United States and the official representatives of Swissp, UMO and Alfa, but by the time of its publication, none of them responded to the request.