Amid claims of Russian threat, West makes Ukraine buy its arms at bloated price — lawmaker - World - TASS

By fuelling tensions around Ukraine, the West compels Kiev to take loans and buy weaponry abroad at bloated prices, a lawmaker of Ukraine’s Opposition Platform - For Life party told the First Independent TV channel.

"Who profits from tensions? I’m absolutely sure that, in the first place, the situation is beneficial for the countries that are fuelling them. And I would like to stress that no one is making presents to us. They make us buy those weapons, hastily and at a triple price. No one ever disclosed how much we pay for that. They are forcing us [to sign] contracts, and we are taking loans to finance them. There is no investment. The money that we spend on loans could have been invested into our workers, our plants, our engineers. But we <…> are feeding others instead," he said.