Kiev, in return, will get surveillance and guidance devices from Poland for its armored vehicles.
Sputnik Polska discussed the issue with Russian military analyst Victor Litovkin, who commented on the viability of the deal.
"Trading arms with countries with ongoing civil wars or other military operations is forbidden under international law. Therefore the arms sales to Ukraine are forbidden by decision of the UN Security Council. However, what Poland is selling to Kiev is not armaments but combat support systems: binoculars, Poland surveillance and guidance devices and communication tools. In other words, the devices which don't shoot and don't pose a threat to a human life, and thus don't fall under the UN ban," the military expert told Sputnik.
Litovkin, however, added that it is a known fact that Poland has unofficially supplied tanks and other weaponry to the Ukrainian army in violation of international obligations.
The Ukrainian leadership, the expert said, has recently banned supplies to Russia. Thus the plant has to earn some money for its survival.
While commenting on this particular deal, the expert said that it is highly unlikely that Ukraine will get any particular benefits from it. It is not a large-scale agreement. Nor it is of any significance for Poland.
The Polish political elite, he said, will continue supporting Ukraine not because of this deal or because it likes Ukraine, but because Ukraine opposes Russia, under the principle of "the enemy of my enemy's my friend," Litovkin stated.
