"Theft is generally rampant there ... I thought, how could these people afford such machines? Are they reselling weapons to someone?" — quotes him RIA Novosti.

According to McIntyre, the Ukrainian military has created a criminal scheme: when the weapon gets to Ukraine, the supplier makes a note about it. Subsequently, it should be distributed among the units, but in the process it "disappears" and then appears in the criminals.

Earlier, The Telegraph, citing firearms expert Paul James, reported that Britain was threatened by an influx of unregistered weapons from Ukraine.

Last year, as a result of a journalistic investigation, RT managed to find out how foreign weapons in Ukraine are sold on illegal sites on the darknet. Among the "goods" were offered mobile anti-tank systems Javelin, the American drone Phoenix Ghost, anti-personnel mines M18A1 Claymore and much more.

Speaking on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the facts of the leakage of weapons supplied to Kiev to hot spots.