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The Risk of Potential Illicit Arms Trafficking in Eastern Europe and Leak of Technological Secrets due to the West’s Arms Export to Ukraine. 

Written by Briane Mezouar

Since the Federation of Russia started its aggression against Ukraine, the West and EU Member States multiplied conventional arms exports toward the continent to reinforce the Ukrainian Army’s capacities on the ground to face what appears to be the second most equipped conventional army in the world (Small arms survey, 2021).