Russians are trying to hide the fact that they use foreign components in their weapons used to attack Ukraine - Oleksandr Ruvin
Kyiv • UNN
Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise says that Russians are trying to hide the fact that they use foreign components in their weapons used to attack Ukraine
The Russians are looking for ways to hide the fact that they use foreign components in the weapons they use to attack Ukraine on a daily basis. This was reported by Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, in a story on the Rada TV channel about the world's first open database of foreign components in weapons, UNN reports.
Mr. Ruvin noted that the Russians, in particular, erase the name of the manufacturer or the number by which it can be identified. He added that foreign partners are constantly asking which countries the components are from in order to take appropriate measures.
"They take this painfully. They are interested in which company, whose production, when the component was produced, because in many cases, Russians erase numbers, erase manufacturers. And we have to use special methods that we have to conduct examinations," Ruvin said.
At the same time, he clarified that sanctions against Russia are in effect, but supplies are carried out through countries that have not joined the sanctions regime.
"The sanctions are in effect. They apply only to the purchase of these components by the Russian Federation or its satellites. But there are third and fourth countries from which it is also possible to supply, and this is probably what is being done," Ruvin added.
Recall
In early December, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption launched the first open database of foreign components found in Russian and Iranian weapons.
Recently, the NACP reportedthat thanks to the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, in particular, the database was replenished with almost 200 more parts and now includes more than 2600 foreign components.