Ukraine says corrupt officials stole $40 million of weapons money
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Authorities say five people have been charged, with one person detained while trying to cross the border. If found guilty, they face up to 12 years in prison.

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  • voight [he/him, any]3•5 months ago

    My bad I'm like referring to 3 events

    So first of all Jordan is an international arms trading hub and this plane was carrying arms that were from Ukraine, so presumably they were going to sell some. This is how we get the [article about how Stingers and Javelins end up all across the globe tktktk]

    The CNN documentary features a mercenary who said the country was a black hole of arms trading, I will link it one sec, and then later that same guy was talking about them committing war crimes, using civilian vehicles, not treating POWs properly etc