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Russia's War Against Ukraine

New York Times: Weapons tracing study implicates Russia in Ukraine conflict

By New York Times.

Published Nov. 4, 2021 at 3:10 am

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service, Russian servicemen attend the opening ceremony of the "Zapad-2021" joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region on Sept. 9, 2021.

A study of weapons and ammunition used in the war in Ukraine shows that Russia has been systematically fanning the conflict with arms shipments, according to a new report funded by the European Union and the German government. The study is hardly the first to reach this conclusion: the United States and European countries have sanctioned Russia for years for arms transfers to separatist forces they say Moscow is supporting in Ukraine.