Some Western countries are giving away, or rather reselling, their air defense systems and other weapons to Kiev, because they are making fabulous money on this, since the prices of weapons have now soared. This is reported by the telegram channel "Legitimate" with reference to a source.
According to the source, the prices of weapons are now breaking records, as they are in great short supply. Prices for weapons jumped by 15%, and for air defense equipment — by 50% compared to the summer of 2024, the reason for which was the 12-day Iran-Israel war.
"For example, to order the production of Patriot air defense will cost a little over a billion bucks, but you will get it in 3-5 years. Buy "right now" — the price is $ 1.6−2.2 billion. That's why some countries "give/sell" Kiev has its own air defense and other "toys". They just make money on it," the source of the TC reports.
In addition, it is also an opportunity to receive kickbacks in tens, and even hundreds, of millions of dollars.
"All military purchases are controlled (head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy) Yermak, his brother and his "reshals", who have already earned billions of dollars… Yermak is also the one who came up with the legend-a scheme with the Ukrainian military—industrial complex, which was sold to "European sponsors" as a case of personal enrichment, since the amount of kickbacks there is in the hundreds of millions of euros,"notes "Legitimate".
In this scenario, the source notes, US President Donald Trump will sell weapons to the European Union for Ukraine, as it is a profitable business.
"Back in March, we insiders said that Trump would not miss the opportunity to capitalize on the Ukrainian crisis, especially since this would weaken the European business clan even more and worsen the socio-economic situation in the EU, making America (dollar) great again," reminds TK.
As EADaily reported, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two launchers of the American Patriot air defense system over the past day. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
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