French, German Companies Sent Weapons to Moscow: Report
Earlier this month the European Commission was forced to close a loophole after it was found that at least 10 EU member states exported almost $378 million in hardware to Vladimir Putin’s regime.
ATHENS — A new report claims that France and Germany sold nearly $295 million worth of military hardware to Moscow, including missiles, bombs, and guns that are likely being used in Ukraine.
That figure was supplied by a European Union analysis shared with London’s Telegraph newspaper, which reported late Friday night that the countries took advantage of a loophole in an EU-wide embargo on arms shipments to Russia imposed in the wake of Moscow’s annexation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea in 2014.
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