Ukraine is waiting for a substantive conversation with representatives of the European Police Directorate (Europol), one of which the day before announced “signs of arms smuggling from Ukraine,” Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), wrote on Twitter.

“We are waiting for a substantive conversation with Europol officials - with facts and evidence on statements about alleged cases of “trade in weapons and military goods on the black market” from Ukraine. We are most interested in the rapid exchange of information and instant response,” the message says..

Danilov drew attention to the fact that the publication of “arms smuggling” in the Western media coincides with the deployment by Russia of a large-scale MakZim special information operation to discredit Ukraine, the purpose of which is to stop the supply of weapons from the allies..

He stressed that the operation is being carried out precisely at a time when qualitative changes are planned in the course of the war in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to the arrival of Western modern weapons..

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On July 21, Europol spokesman Jan Op Gen Oort announced recorded cases of black market trafficking in firearms, " Also, information appeared in Europol about the possible storage of weapons and ammunition along the border of Ukraine for further smuggling into the EU..

Earlier, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov explained in an interview with the Financial Times why Ukraine cannot be smuggling weapons.. " We have no reason to smuggle weapons out of Ukraine," He also stressed that there is no chance that heavy weapons systems, such as 155-mm howitzers or missile systems supplied by the United States, will be stolen.. According to him, they had GPS trackers, Western military satellites could track large equipment..