The Polish publication Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny writes that the West is transferring outdated weapons to Ukraine in order to update its own arsenal.
According to the publication’s columnist Jacek Tochman, Western weapons for Ukraine are junk and scrap metal.
Why does the West supply Ukraine with old weapons?
The article says that Western military aid is flowing into Ukraine in a continuous stream, but most of the weapons are in poor condition.
It is noted that this is confirmed by the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves.
To put it bluntly, it’s just scrap metal and junk, – writes the author of the article.
He noted that the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute also confirmed that most Western weapons come from old military reserves.
This is being done, Tokhman explains, to free up warehouses and fill them with new weapons.
The NDP columnist notes that such “cleaning up of junk” is very beneficial to Western countries and that American military concerns are already concluding contracts to replenish the arsenals of not only the United States, but also its allies in the North Atlantic Alliance.
In particular, the American company Raytheon has already signed a contract for $265 million to replenish the number of Stinger MANPADS in warehouses, which were transferred to Kyiv not only by the United States, but also by Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Lithuania and Latvia.
The author of the article concludes that the United States, under the guise of military assistance to Ukraine, is pursuing its own goals, lobbying for the sale of weapons in the interests of its military-industrial complex.
The West wants to use the allocated funds to modernize its weapons, which will replace the scrap metal transferred to Ukraine, – the journalist summarized.
