Germany, France, Italy and Other EU Nations Recently Sold Arms to Russia Despite Sanctions

European Union countries sold hundreds of millions of dollars in arms to Russia over the past decade despite there being laws in place to prevent this from happening. 

Populist Press reported this morning on an article at Breitbart.

Ten European Union (EU) member-states have been exposed for selling hundreds of millions of euros worth of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020, despite sanctions.

EU member-states including France, Germany, and Italy potentially broke a European embargo on selling arms to Russia, issuing more than 1,000 arms licenses after the ban was imposed on August 1st 2014.

Military equipment sold to Russia ranges from thermal imaging and firearms to tanks and rockets, which were most likely used during Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.

Breitbart goes on to share:

EU member-states including France, Germany, and Italy potentially broke a European embargo on selling arms to Russia, issuing more than 1,000 arms licenses after the ban was imposed on August 1st 2014.

Military equipment sold to Russia ranges from thermal imaging and firearms to tanks and rockets, which were most likely used during Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.

While some of the arms contracts may have been legal, due to a loophole that allowed companies to honour their agreements prior to the ban, since 2015 the ten EU members sold hundreds of millions of euros worth of equipment to Russia, with 44 per cent of sales — around €152 ($167.7 million) — originating from France alone, The Telegraph reports.

Germany followed France, supplying 35 per cent of the contracts to Russia — totalling €122 million ($134.6 million) — and while these mainly consisted of ice breaker vessels they also included firearms and armoured vehicles.

Tens of thousands of refugees from Ukraine are flooding into Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine: Just Two Weeks of Real Refugees to Poland Set to Top Merkel’s Migrant Influx of 2015 https://t.co/snGdyp7J6j

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 7, 2022

As Ukraine is systematically demolished, you have to wonder how many of the weapons used to destroy the country came from EU countries. 

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