EU’S SHAME ~ France And Germany Dodged Russia Arms Embargo To Sell Weapons To Putin – That Are Now Being Used To slaughter Ukrainians

FRANCE, GERMANY and ITALY side-stepped an arms embargo to sell weapons to Vladimir Putin that are being used to slaughter Ukrainians.

On a day of shame for the EU, it emerged ten member states sold hundreds of millions of pounds of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020

* Paris sent bombs, rockets and explosives, as well as thermal-imaging cameras for 1,000 tanks and infra-red detectors for jets.

* Berlin sold rifles and Rome provided armoured cars.

EU states, including then-member Britain, hit Russia with a weapons embargo in 2014 over the annexation of Crimea.

But a loophole allowed countries and firms to fulfil contracts they had previously signed with Russia.

And a probe by Investigate Europe shows EU27 states issued more than 1,000 licences after the ban.

France went on to flog £130million of military kit to the Kremlin, Germany sold £100million and Italy made £19million.

Britain also sold weapons to Russia after the embargo was imposed, but only £1.7million worth.

The Sun Uk