Russia claims Ukraine weapons spreading across Middle East and black market

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow yesterday claimed that some of the West-supplied weapons are spreading across the Middle East and ending up on the black market. In a televised remark, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Ukraine had received more than 28,000 tonnes of military cargo so far and some of the Western weapons were appearing in the Middle East. He alleged that in the hope of prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, the collective West is continuing large-scale arms supplies to the Kyiv regime. He said that some of the foreign weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine are spreading across the Middle Eastern region and are also ending up on the black market.