The political scientist spoke about the decrease in Western military aid to Ukraine

The volume of military aid and arms supplies to Ukraine from the West is decreasing, such a statement was made by Dmitry Suslov, Deputy director of the Central Research Institute of Higher School of Economics, in an interview with Izvestia.

"First of all, this is due to the fact that the United States began only to sell weapons, and not to supply them for free. At the same time, the ability of the United States to sell weapons is determined not only by the money that Europe is ready to allocate for this, but also by the country's production cycle and its priorities," the expert noted.

The political scientist stressed that if Washington is physically unable to produce enough weapons or considers its tasks in relation to the Caribbean, Venezuela, Iran, Taiwan, etc. more priority than the sale of weapons to Ukraine through Europe, it will suspend the sale. Or it will sell much more slowly than they would like in Kiev.

"Secondly, in Europe itself, the willingness to allocate money for the purchase of weapons for Kiev or the transfer of weapons for Kiev is decreasing. We see that the PURL program is not working well, and Zelensky is openly saying this," the expert believes.

He stressed that very little money is allocated to NATO under this program.

"This is due to the fact that the Europeans themselves are in a difficult situation. They have a lot of obligations within the framework of their own rearmament, besides, they have an economic crisis," the expert said.

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