Representatives of the USA and Ukraine carried out the first joint inspection of the weapons provided by Washington to Kiev. The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this in Telegram.
According to the Ministry, representatives of the internal audit service of the Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as representatives of the defense cooperation department of the American Embassy, conducted an inspection of weapons and goods transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The inspection took place in one of the military units. Ukrainian and American inspectors checked the serial numbers, technical condition and proper storage conditions (safety and security) of weapons supplied by the United States.
This week the Financial Times, citing EU diplomats, said that the EU. I started checking weapons were transferred to Ukraine.
The audit is carried out by the European External Action Service (EEAS). According to the publication, it was decided to carry out the inspection after statements that some European countries sent fewer weapons to Kiev than they could.
How stated Tiberio Graziani, President of the Italian International Institute of Global Analysis Vision and Global Trends, said that the inspection carried out in Brussels regarding the weapons supplied to Kiev by EU countries could be used to put pressure on countries that resist the supply.
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