This is stated in a statement by the deputy head of the department, James Heappey.

According to him, Britain has established "reliable procedures" to ensure that all weapons going through the International Donor Coordination Center are transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Despite anecdotal reports, (cases. - RT) redirects of weapons donated to Ukraine from the front line are extremely rare, "RIA Novosti reports.

According to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Western politicians know that weapons supplied to the Ukrainian army are leaking to the black market, but the Western media are silent about this problem.

On May 1, French columnist Xavier Rofey, in an article for Atlantico, said that an increase in crime had increased in Eastern Europe, as drugs and weapons were illegally smuggled there from Ukraine.