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Allegations that Ukrainian pilots were strafing anti-government protesters in Libya turned out to be wide Video
of the mark. However, what may be true is that Ukrainian weapons exports are being used to shoot New s Articles
protesters trying to bring down the nation’s dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Western newspapers, including the New York Times, have reported that forces loyal to Libyan leader
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have used Kalashnikovs to fire on crowds of protesters. United Nations
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon estimates that more than 1,000 people have died after a week of
protests.

Libya was the third largest importer of Ukrainian small and light weapons, such as Kalashnikovs, from
2004 to 2007, selling 101,500weapons to the North African country, according to a report by the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a Swedish research center.

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Bondarchuk has said Ukraine only performed maintenance on Soviet military technologies. He added
that accusations accusing Ukraine of arming Libya are being spread by countries that compete with Kyiv
in the global arms export trade. Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, formerly head of the SBU [Security Service of
Ukraine], echoed that claim earlier that week while on television.

But according to SIPRI,Ukraine is the 11th largest exporter of major conventional weapons worldwide,
accounting for around 2 percent of all international exports of major conventional weapons. Libya was
the third-largest importer of Ukrainian arms from 2006 to 2007.

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states that U.K. company York Guns was trying to purchase 130,000 Kalashnikovs from Ukraine for
export to Libya.

British authorities refused to grant a license out of concerns about the large quantity of Kalashnikovs
requested.

One of the favorite destinations for Ukrainian exports is sub-Saharan countries, where Ukraine allegedly
not only supplies weapons, but also maintenance, technical support andpersonnel for aircrafts. Media
have reported that a Chadian unit operating Ukrainian Su-25 combat aircraft, and Mi-24 and Mi-17
helicopters “appears to be under the control of contracted Ukrainian personnel.”

The global intelligence company Stratfor on Feb. 22 quoted sources in Libya stating that Ukrainian pilots
were flying Libyan MiG aircraft to fire on protesters in Tripoli. Ukraine’s foreign and defense ministries,

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South Sudan. Such sales to Sudan would violate international sanctions imposed by the United Nations
Security Council because of the alleged genocide that has taken place during a protracted and bloody
civil war.

Ukraine does not track re-export of its weapons to countries suspected of harboring terrorists.

“It’s too much work,” Valentyn Badrak, director of the Kyiv-based Center for Army Conversion and
Disarmament Research, said.

SIPRI’s Holtom said while Ukrainian authorities have taken steps to improve the functioning of their
export controls and also transparency with regard to arms exports, the country has been unable to fully
shake the reputation gained in the 1990s and early 2000s as an irresponsible arms exporter.

“I am inclined to believe that this is due to the fact that the opportunity for profit seems to trump all other
considerations, in particular risks of diversion or potential use in conflict or the commission of human
rights abuses,” Holtom said.

Former Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, continue denying charges that they help arm dictatorships. “I can
say there were no direct arms exports to Libya from Ukraine. It was military equipment and machinery. I
don't think Ukraine was among those countries that armed or is arming now Gaddafi regime,”
Nalyvaichenko, the former head of Ukraine’s SBU state security service, said on Feb. 23 while
appearing on Channel 5.
Kyiv Post staff writer Yuliya Raskevich can be reached at raskevich@kyivpost.com

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