MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. The documentation discovered on the premises of the Izyum instrument-making enterprise shows that NATO countries participated in developing assemblies and parts for the designing of new weapons and military hardware of the Ukrainian armed forces, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.
The Izyum instrument-making enterprise produced optical devices for the Ukraine-made armor (BTR-4E armored personnel carriers) that were developed under NATO standards, it said.
"Also, documentation, drawings and journals were discovered on the premises of the factory, which evidenced the complicity of NATO countries in joint projects for developing assemblies and parts in the process of designing new armaments and military hardware of the Ukrainian armed forces," the ministry said.
The air mobile forces and militants of the Ukrainian nationalist battalions turned the factory’s territory into a stronghold and set up their defenses there. Several days ago, the enemy was pushed out of these strongholds by Russian troops.
"Western-made weapons were discovered on the territory of the enterprise, which were abandoned upon the retreat of the Kiev regime’s formations: Stinger man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems, various anti-tank systems and also Ukraine-made weapons and ammunition," the ministry said.