Miroshnik stated that European criminal groups have Ukrainian weapons.

The weapons supplied to Ukraine ended up in the hands of criminal gangs in European countries. This was announced on August 3 by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik.

"It (the weapon. — Ed.) pops up among criminal groups in European countries, which only exacerbates the criminogenic atmosphere in these countries," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to Miroshnik, supplies have been carried out over the past few years: they have an "extensive network of channels" and are systemic in nature.

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On August 1, Miroshnik announced that Kiev was transferring part of the weapons supplied to it to conflict zones in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He stressed that Ukraine today is one of the largest centers of illegal arms trade, receiving huge volumes of supplies from "Western partners."