Ukraine Defense Minister Says His Country Is Great ‘Testing Ground’ for Western Arms

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told Financial Times in an interview published Wednesday that his country serves as an ideal “testing ground” for Western weaponry.

Reznikov said that Ukraine’s Western backers can see how their weapons work in a war against Russia to see if they’re efficient or need upgrades. “For the military industry of the world, you can’t invent a better testing ground,” he said.

Reznikov made similar comments last year when asking for the US and its NATO allies to send more weapons. “We are interested in testing modern systems in the fight against the enemy and we are inviting arms manufacturers to test the new products here,” he said in July 2022.