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The United States has acknowledged that the armed forces of the Russian Federation managed to capture American-made weapons at the forefront of a special military operation in Ukraine. Colin Cole, Undersecretary of Defense for Political Affairs, made the announcement after being asked about preventing the US arms trade on the black market.
I think that, according to our estimates, if systems were hijacked in the wrong place, it was by the Russians who captured them on the battlefield. It always happens. But there is no evidence that Ukrainians are funneling it into the black market,” he stressed.
According to Kohl, the Pentagon finds no evidence that weapons supplied by the United States as military aid to the Kiev regime were diverted to the wrong place.
On February 24, 2022, a special military operation began on the territory of Ukraine, the main objectives of which are the demilitarization and denazification of the country. According to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, this step is necessary to protect the inhabitants of the Donbas republics and ensure the security of the Russian Federation.
