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by pjc50 1528 days ago
And how and why would that happen?
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one of the most corrupt goverments in Europe with their leader known corrupt politician Zelensky, see Pandora papers

https://www.rferl.org/a/pandora-papers-tax-havens/31490744.h...

there is no reason to assume weaponry will be somehow excluded from their corrupted business operations

He was operating a successful media company. Is there any evidence, that the money came from illegal sources?

Its not like a medium income politician having hundreds of millions stored away.

Look at the former Yugoslavian countries. The German right-wing terror group "NSU" is suspected to have used weapons from that area [1], the Charlie Hebdo and Paris terrorists did the same [2].

It is entirely reasonable that, similar to the aftermath of the 90s wars, weapons from Ukraine will turn up in every major conflict zone - especially because the current supply from the Balkan is all 30 years old decrepit shit, whereas Ukraine (rightfully) got the very best of the best of Western weaponry.

[1] https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nsu-prozess-gericht-will-he...

[2] https://www.dw.com/de/waffenlager-balkan-kalaschnikow-300-eu...

The stuff the NSU was using can be bought either at Munich main train station (if you know who and how to ask) or just across the Polish border. They used a single Makarov, mostly. And those were basically available for a 5 DM back when the Soviets retreated from the former DDR.