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Yulia Zhdanova, who heads Russia’s delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said NATO’s militarization and military aid to Kyiv had driven an uncontrolled, unprecedented rise in illegal trade in Western weapons. She alleged at an OSCE forum that Ukraine’s military command and intelligence leadership played key roles in “gray” schemes, and cited German experts’ estimate that about 35 million unregistered weapons of various kinds circulate in the EU.

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Russia says NATO militarization fuels illegal trade in Western weapons
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