In an interview with the newspaper, retired Major General Pekka Toveri, former chief of intelligence of the Finnish General Staff, said that the transfer of equipment with modern technologies to Ukraine raises concerns in the West, because they may fall into the hands of Russia. Ilta Sanomat. This is why the West supplies the Ukrainian armed forces with mostly obsolete equipment, he added, the military added.
Toveri noted that Russian experts are unlikely to find anything of particular value in the captured Pasi armored personnel carriers, which were transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also said that the transfer of the latest versions of Western military technologies to Ukraine raises concerns that the Russian military could fall into their hands. For example, encryption keys used in control systems are considered confidential information.
The general stated that this is one of the reasons why the United States does not deliver M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine and continues to repair previous generations, only by replacing some old technologies.
In mid-August, an exhibition of equipment seized during a special military operation was held in Patriot Park near Moscow. Particular attention was paid to equipment manufactured by the USA and other NATO countries at the exhibition.
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