Heorhii Tykhyi, Ukraine's Overseas Ministry spokesman, has burdened that Hungary is politicising the difficulty of repairing the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Supply: press service for Ukraine's Overseas Ministry on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: As Tykhyi famous, Ukraine has not heard any condemnation from Hungary over injury to the Druzhba oil pipeline brought on by the Russian strike.
He added that as an alternative of explaining to Hungarian residents why the nation did not diversify its power provides, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is focusing his rhetoric on Ukraine.
Quote: "So Hungary politicises this difficulty, makes it a political level, and places ahead calls for to Ukraine, which is absurd in our view. Ukraine faces large-scale terror, air terror from Russia."
Extra particulars: Tykhyi famous that because of Russian assaults, Ukraine's infrastructure is being broken each day.
Quote: "And even for the reason that injury executed to the Druzhba pipeline, there have already been different damages to different Ukrainian pipelines and different infrastructure, for instance, the Odesa-Brody pipeline. Ukraine repairs all of that.
However we should not have limitless assets. We’re in a full-scale conflict, which Hungary decides to disregard for some purpose."
Background:
EU leaders held a dialogue on 19 March on offering Ukraine with a mortgage of €90 billion, however they failed to influence Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán to carry his veto. Individually, criticism was voiced in direction of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over inappropriate remarks addressed to Orbán.
Orbán stated on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels that Hungary wouldn’t unblock any choice beneficial to Ukraine till the Druzhba oil pipeline resumes transporting Russian oil.
On Thursday 19 March, following dialogue of the Ukrainian difficulty, the European Council adopted conclusions on Ukraine bearing signatures of 25 EU leaders, excluding Hungary and Slovakia.
Following discussions concerning Ukraine, the European Council adopted conclusions on Thursday 19 March, signed by 25 EU leaders, excluding Hungary and Slovakia.
Supply: a European Pravda correspondent in Brussels
Particulars: The Hungarian and Slovakian prime ministers, Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico, have refused to signal the European Council's conclusions on Ukraine dated 19 March.
Though Viktor Orbán continues to dam the granting of a €90 billion EU mortgage to Ukraine for 2026–2027, the conclusions embrace a paragraph wherein the European Council welcomes the choice to grant the mortgage in December 2025.
Quote: "Following its December 2025 choice to supply Ukraine with a assist mortgage of EUR 90 billion for 2026 and 2027, the European Council welcomes the adoption of the mortgage by the co-legislators and appears ahead to the primary disbursement to Ukraine by the start of April. On this context, it additionally requires intensified outreach to 3rd nations to assist shut the remaining hole of EUR 30 billion in Ukraine's funds."
The European Council appears to be like ahead to the swift adoption of the twentieth sanctions package deal. It reiterates the significance of additional decreasing Russia's vitality revenues and additional constraining Russia's banking system.
Undermining the Russian shadow fleet's enterprise mannequin requires a 'complete of route' strategy, together with by addressing by means of a typical strategy the numerous environmental, safety and maritime security dangers posed by such vessels. On this respect, the European Council requires additional efforts and coordinated motion by Member States.
It additionally stresses the significance of continued coordination on sanctions in opposition to Russia with the G7 nations and different like-minded companions.
Extra particulars: The European Council's conclusions, amongst different issues, elevate the problem of the risk posed by Russian ex-combatants to the EU's inner safety.
Moreover, the European Council stresses the necessity to proceed navy assist for Ukraine, emphasising the urgency of supplying air defence programs, ammunition and missiles.
EU leaders condemn the deployment of North Korean troops to the battlefield within the conflict in opposition to Ukraine, in addition to the assist for Russia supplied by Iran and Belarus.
The European Council has reiterated its constant name on Russia and Belarus to right away make sure the secure and unconditional return to Ukraine of all illegally deported and displaced Ukrainian kids and different civilians.
Background:
EU leaders held discussions on 19 February concerning the supply of a €90 billion EU mortgage to Ukraine, however they failed to influence Viktor Orbán to raise his veto. Criticism was additionally levelled at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his inappropriate remarks directed at Orbán.
Viktor Orbán acknowledged on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels that Hungary wouldn’t unblock any choice beneficial to Ukraine till the Druzhba oil pipeline resumed transporting Russian oil.
In the meantime, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed the hope that Orbán would adhere to the rules of the European Union and conform to grant Ukraine a €90 billion mortgage.
Gergely Gulyás, the top of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Workplace, has mentioned the Hungarian authorities has determined to ban three Ukrainian residents – two army servicemen and a political analyst – from coming into Hungary and the Schengen space for allegedly making threats towards Orbán.
Supply: European Pravda, citing 24hu
Particulars: Gulyás mentioned the ban applies to Lieutenant Basic Hryhorii Omelchenko, Yevhen Karas, a Ukrainian serviceman whom the official described because the chief of the "neo-Nazi group C14", and political analyst Borys Tizenhauzen.
The Hungarian official alleges that the three Ukrainian residents have threatened Hungary with a army assault and have additionally made threats towards Orbán and his household.
Gulyás claimed Omelchenko had threatened to "kill" the prime minister and suggested him to "consider his kids and grandchildren", whereas Tizenhauzen, he mentioned, had mentioned the opportunity of sending Ukrainian troops to Hungary.
Concerning Karas, Gulyás mentioned that his alleged management function in a neo-Nazi group, in addition to supposed threats towards Orbán, give adequate grounds to disclaim him entry.
Background:
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned earlier that he hopes "a sure particular person" within the EU (presumably Orbán) will cease blocking the €90 billion EU mortgage for Ukraine, in any other case he would possibly give that particular person's contact particulars to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Hungary has been blocking the allocation of the €90 billion EU mortgage to Ukraine.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly supported Orbán after Zelenskyy mentioned he would give the handle of "a sure particular person" to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The European Fee considers such statements by Zelenskyy about Orbán to be unacceptable.
One man was killed and two others injured in Russian assaults on border areas of Sumy Oblast on the morning of 19 March.
Supply: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Navy Administration; Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Workplace on Telegram
Particulars: Hryhorov mentioned a Russian drone attacked the Velyka Pysarivka hromada, injuring a 62-year-old resident. The person died earlier than medics arrived. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
"Early studies point out that there are additionally casualties following enemy assaults within the Khotin and Vorozhba hromadas. This data is being confirmed," Hryhorov added.
The Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Workplace reported {that a} Russian UAV struck a civilian automobile within the Vorozhba group at round 09:10, injuring two males aged 64 and 65.
Russian forces carried out a large-scale drone assault on town of Odesa on the evening of 18-19 March, with strikes recorded on a high-rise residential constructing and a non-residential facility.
Supply: Serhii Lysak, Head of Odesa Metropolis Army Administration; Dumska, an Odesa-based native information outlet
Quote: "Hits have been recorded in residential areas of town following the enemy assault. Two high-rise residential buildings, a home within the historic centre and buildings in a built-up space have been broken.
Three persons are recognized to have been injured, two of whom have been hospitalised."
Particulars: Native journalists reported that over 10 explosions had been heard within the metropolis at round midnight. Giant-scale fires broke out on the scenes.
Broken constructing Photograph: Serhii Lysak
Residents have been sharing images and movies on social media exhibiting important harm to civilian infrastructure and buildings engulfed in flames.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes that Russia's aggression towards Ukraine shouldn’t forestall it from changing into a part of Europe's future safety and power techniques.
Supply: European Pravda, citing Orbán in an interview with GB Information
Quote: "The purpose is that we expect that the Russians shouldn’t be pushed out. First from the European safety system, shouldn’t be pushed out from the European power system, and ought to be not pushed out from the commerce system of Europe."
Particulars: Orbán believes that Russia has dedicated aggression towards Ukraine from the attitude of worldwide legislation, however this doesn’t forestall the EU from rebuilding relations with Moscow sooner or later.
"Why don't we create a brand new power system for Europe involving the sources from Russia and so forth and so forth. So battle is a battle, [it] should be closed after which we must always return to the previous concord or in the event you disagree on that topic, let's create a brand new safety and commerce system along with Russia," he stated.
Background:
Not too long ago, Hungary known as on the European Union to droop tariffs and extra duties on fertiliser imports from Russia and Belarus amid the state of affairs within the Center East.
Orbán has additionally blamed Ukraine for rising oil costs and urged the European Fee to raise sanctions on Russian power assets.
Kaja Kallas, EU Excessive Consultant for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage, stated she sees no need amongst member states to conclude power offers with Russia.
A Russian drone attacked the town of Lviv on the night of 18 March, damaging a constructing belonging to the Safety Service of Ukraine (SSU).
Supply: Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Army Administration, on Telegram
Quote: "An enemy drone attacked Lviv throughout an air-raid.
Early stories indicated no casualties. All the suitable providers are working on the scene."
Particulars: Previous to the strike, Kozytskyi had warned of a heightened menace to Lviv as a consequence of a drone detected within the sky.
Replace: Kozytskyi later added that the drone had struck the principle constructing of the SSU in Lviv Oblast, inflicting harm.
Drone particles was additionally present in components of the town.
Background: The Russians attacked an power infrastructure facility close to the city of Novovolynsk in Volyn Oblast on the night of 18 March, leaving round 30,000 customers with out electrical energy.
A youngster who was injured in the present day in a Russian assault on a navy enlistment workplace in Sumy was additionally there when a bus in Sumy was hit by the Russians on 13 April final 12 months. Maksym, now 16, was shielded by his mom on that event.
Supply: Kordon.Media; Alona Yatsyna, editor of Kordon.Media, on Fb
Particulars: Yatsyna reported that Maksym is in intensive care.
Kordon.Media mentioned he has a number of cranium fractures and concussion.
A volunteer named Artem advised Kordon.Media that he and a police officer had supplied first assist to Maksym: they utilized a stress bandage and wrapped it round his head to stop him from opening his jaw, as his cheek had been torn open.
Background:
Earlier, native authorities in Sumy reported {that a} 16-year-old civilian and a lady have been injured throughout an assault on a avenue close to the navy enlistment workplace.
On 13 April 2025, the Russians launched two ballistic missile strikes on the centre of Sumy. The dying toll was 34, together with two kids, and 117 folks have been injured, 15 of whom have been kids.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Spain's King Felipe VI on Wednesday 18 March.
Supply: European Pravda, citing Zelenskyy's submit on X (Twitter)
Particulars: It’s recognized that Zelenskyy is at present on a go to to Spain. At the moment, he had an viewers with King Felipe VI of Spain on the royal residence in Zarzuela.
Quote: "We deeply worth Spain's assist for our individuals who have been pressured to go away their properties due to the conflict. I’m grateful to His Majesty and to all of the individuals of Spain for his or her unwavering assist for Ukraine all through all these years of Russian aggression."
Background:
Zelenskyy additionally introduced the signing of a sequence of cooperation agreements between Ukrainian and Spanish defence trade firms.
In the meantime, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez introduced plans to supply Ukraine with €1 billion in navy support in 2026.
Journalists have uncovered a channel by which high-precision EU-made gear that's important for the manufacturing of missiles and drones has been making its technique to Russia.How has it been potential for machines made in a Polish manufacturing facility to finish up in Russia's military-industrial complicated?
"However please, in no contract, in no letter – okay, in WhatsApp is okay, however in no contract and in no letter point out the navy or something like that, okay?" Bilal insisted. Bilal is a Turkish citizen who arrange a system for supplying EU-made machine instruments to Russia at the beginning of the full-scale warfare.
I had launched myself as a supervisor at a Russian firm that works with the Russian military-industrial complicated and was in search of an everyday provide of kit for use in manufacturing weapons for the warfare in opposition to Ukraine. Bilal's curiosity was immediately captured.
This story started on the finish of 2025. Journalists from StateWatch had been analysing customs information with regard to provides of sanctioned gear from the EU to Russia – gear that’s used to fabricate missiles, Shahed drones and different weapons deployed by the aggressor state on the entrance line and in opposition to civilians.
Among the many tens of hundreds of day by day transactions, one enterprise stood out: Famot Pleszew in Poland, an organization with an impeccable status within the EU. For many years, the manufacturing facility has been producing high-precision metalworking machine instruments that may deal with complicated geometric elements that are important in manufacturing parts for missile techniques and unmanned aerial automobiles.
The gear in query falls below HS Codes 8458.11 and 8457.10 – horizontal lathes and multi-functional machining centres, numerically managed. Within the worldwide classification they’re designated as Excessive Precedence Objects – merchandise with a heightened danger that could be utilized in navy manufacturing. The customs information indicated that not less than US$1.2 million value of kit produced by the Polish manufacturing facility had been delivered to Russia throughout the full-scale warfare up till 30 November 2024.
Journalists from the Polish media outlet Frontstory joined the investigation, and the scheme for circumventing sanctions by third nations was steadily unravelled.
Pleszew: a city of machine instruments
A small city of 16,000 folks, Pleszew is basically centred round business. Amongst different vegetation, it’s dwelling to Famot Pleszew, which manufactures Pc Numerically Managed (CNC) machine instruments. The manufacturing facility has been working since 1877 and was privatised in 1999.
It was acquired by DMG Mori, a German-Japanese company based in Tokyo. Famot was renamed DMG Mori Poland in April 2024, however the manufacturing facility continues to be referred to by its previous title in on a regular basis use and in customs paperwork.
The corporate is now the most important producer of machine instruments in Poland and Central Europe. The Pleszew manufacturing facility is present process fast improvement, supplying lathes, vertical milling machines, common milling machines and progressive automation techniques. At current, it employs round 600 folks. It’s also a strategic provider of parts for different vegetation inside the DMG Mori Group.
Between 2017 and 2021, Russia began shopping for up machine instruments from the EU. Roughly half of those provides got here from Germany. About half of the recognized machine instruments in Russia have been additionally of German origin.
Information from Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) signifies that the most important variety of German-made machines – 148 models – have been produced by DMG Mori Seiki. Not less than 36 such machines are in use at UEC Saturn PJSC, a Rostec-owned firm that produces engines for cruise missiles and navy plane.
The machines have been largely imported by a Moscow-registered firm, DMG Mori Rus LLC. Deliveries continued even after the beginning of the full-scale warfare, that means the corporate maintained its consultant workplace in Russia.
In the summertime of 2022, the Russian subsidiary provided machine parts to UEC Saturn, after which Ukraine's Nationwide Company on Corruption Prevention added DMG Mori to the listing of worldwide sponsors of warfare. On the time, the company acknowledged that it had exited the Russian market and had no involvement within the provides. This isn’t solely correct, because the investigators recognized over US$1.2 million value of such transactions.
St Petersburg: a cigar firm with defence business contracts
On 19 July 2024, vertical metalworking centres value greater than US$100,000 have been imported into Russia. The customs paperwork contained the usual wording: "Not for navy use." The nation of origin was Poland, and the producer was Famot Pleszew Sp. z o.o. In accordance with the labelling, these machines are on the EU's listing of excessive precedence objects that could be utilized in weapons manufacturing.
The recipient was a Russian firm, Saturn EK LLC, which relies in St Petersburg and has been on the US sanctions listing since 2023. Its founder and director, Anna Ivanova, can also be the proprietor and director of Edlaud LLC (meals retail) and the director of Havana Cigar Membership LLC (tobacco gross sales). Judging by Ivanova's social media, she regularly travels overseas to conduct wakesurfing coaching programs and is almost certainly a entrance particular person.
Screenshots from Anna Ivanova's social media
Till 2016, Yuri Skrotsky was listed within the Russian register of authorized entities because the founding father of Saturn EK. He’s additionally the proprietor of GK Snabzheniye LLC, which he co-owns with Vladimir Gavrilov and Dmitri Arkhipov. The latter are additionally co-owners of the aforementioned Havana Cigar Membership, the place Ivanova serves as director. All these corporations are due to this fact interconnected.
Hyperlinks between people concerned within the investigation, visualised utilizing the YC World instrument by the YouControl analytical system
Based mostly on the information accessible (public procurement in Russia turned non-transparent after the beginning of the full-scale warfare), GK Snabzheniye repeatedly fulfilled state contracts value a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of roubles. Its largest shoppers have been:
Concern Morinformsystem-Agat JSC, a Russian shipbuilding firm specialising within the improvement, manufacturing and upkeep of fight data and management techniques, in addition to built-in techniques for the automated command of naval formations and fireplace management techniques for cruise and ballistic missiles
Izumrud JSC, a developer of radar gear
Methods of Precision Instrument Making Scientific and Manufacturing Company JSC, certainly one of Russia's main defence business corporations, which produces aviation techniques utilized in Su-27 navy plane and Ka-52 assault helicopters
Novosibirsk Instrument-Constructing Plant JSC, a Russian producer of small arms and surveillance optics which is a part of the Rostec Company
Shtil Hydroacoustic Communications Analysis Institute (NII Gidrosvyazi Shtil) JSC, the one firm in Russia specialising within the improvement of hydroacoustic communication techniques and hydroacoustic search and rescue techniques for the Russian Navy.
All these corporations have been sanctioned by numerous nations resulting from their involvement in Russia's warfare in opposition to Ukraine.
Previous to 24 February 2022, GK Snabzheniye positioned itself as a extremely certified provider of digital parts and modules from main international producers (Altera, Xilinx, Analog Gadgets, Texas Devices and Atmel, whose merchandise are utilized in Russian missiles and drones to at the present time).
The corporate's official web site was taken down in 2022. Information from the Russian authorized register Fedresurs signifies that in July 2022, GK Snabzheniye leased gear manufactured by DMG Mori.
After the full-scale warfare began, GK Snabzheniye provided gear to the Polyot radio plant in Chelyabinsk, which produces aviation gear, together with for the Russian Ministry of Defence. That is acknowledged in a ruling by the Chelyabinsk Oblast Arbitration Court docket.
On 25 December 2023, the court docket partially granted a declare in a case regarding a big contract inside the framework of the state defence procurement programme. The court docket discovered that GK Snabzheniye had provided items value US$868,000 to the Polyot radio plant. The ruling additionally lists the supply dates below the defence contract.
Screenshot from the ruling of the Chelyabinsk Oblast Arbitration Court docket
It’s clear that the people related with Saturn EK are additionally linked to Russia's defence contracts. One other oblique piece of proof is the dramatic enchancment seen within the firm's monetary outcomes after the full-scale warfare started.
Screenshot from the Russian register of authorized entities
Excessive-precision gear from Famot Pleszew was provided to Saturn EK by a Turkish firm, OTL Uluslararasi Dis Ticaret Restricted Sirketi, which has been sanctioned by the EU, Ukraine and Switzerland since 2025.
In accordance with the sanctions authorities, the corporate is concerned in re-export schemes used to hide the Russian finish recipients. The corporate has imported US$2.5 million value of merchandise into Russia throughout the years of the full-scale warfare.
Domodedovo: corks with defence business ambitions
In accordance with the accessible customs information (as much as and together with March 2025), the final supply of kit manufactured by Famot Pleszew occurred on 30 November 2024. The worth of the cargo was virtually US$82,000. The gear in query was a horizontal CNC turning and milling machine manufactured in 2017. It was declared to be "for non-military functions".
The recipient was Kortisa (or Cortiça) LLC, an organization registered in 2023 in Domodedovo close to Moscow. In accordance with Russian company registers, the corporate specialises within the manufacturing of plywood, wood boards and panels, however in keeping with the corporate's web site, it makes wood corks.
Screenshot from Kortisa's web site
In idea, the horizontal CNC turning and milling machine delivered throughout the full-scale warfare may very well be used to course of wooden.
In apply, nonetheless, it could be ridiculous each technologically and economically to make use of gear designed for metal and titanium, with cooling techniques, a inflexible construction and industrial-level hundreds, to supply an unusual wood cork. Machines of this sort are designed to fabricate shafts, bushings, housings and sophisticated parts with micron-level precision. They’re meant for heavy engineering, not woodworking.
Regardless of formally having solely two staff, Kortisa reported income of just about RUB 100 million (roughly US$1 million) in 2024.
Screenshot from the Russian register of authorized entities
The investigators found one other firm within the Russian register of authorized entities with an identical title to Kortisa: Kortis LLC, which provides machine instruments and gear from overseas. The corporate specialises "primarily in state and municipal procurement". Merchandise from DMG Mori have appeared on its web site.
The corporate's revenues soared after 2022 and now quantity to billions of roubles. Earlier than the full-scale warfare, supplies in regards to the DMG Mori Academy in Russia have been posted on this web site.
In accordance with the customs information, the declarant is listed as Dmitry Kurashov, who is known as as the corporate's common director on its web site. As well as, in keeping with the Russian register of authorized entities, he’s additionally the proprietor and director of Kortis.
Istanbul: don't point out the navy and all the things might be tremendous
It stays unclear whether or not this specific machine instrument was provided to a enterprise that manufactures weapons for the warfare or cooperates with Russia's military-industrial complicated. Nonetheless, the investigators recognized the Turkish middleman firm – Pyramid Muhendislik Ticaret Restricted Sirketi – which provided the Polish Famot gear to Kortisa.
In accordance with the knowledge on its web site, the corporate was registered in Istanbul in 2011, however in keeping with the Turkish register, it was established in Might 2023 by Bilal Ipek.
The corporate's web site lists Bilal's contact particulars in one of many messaging apps. A journalist instantly dialled the quantity, posing because the supervisor of a Russian firm that works intently with the Russian military-industrial complicated.
The phone dialog with Bilal started within the regular means however shortly moved to the delicate topic of sanctions and navy contracts. After a quick introduction, the journalist defined the aim of her name.
"Our firm provides gear for the navy in Russia, and we’re at present looking for suppliers of European gear resulting from well-known scenario if what I imply. We’re looking for a CNC machine instrument for our work, mannequin CLX-350, Famot."
With out lacking a beat, Bilal instantly requested for extra particulars.
"You need new one or used one?"
After listening to that both possibility could be potential, he swiftly moved on to the primary concern.
"And what in regards to the cost switch? You realize there may be sanctions?"
The journalist reassured him: "We’ll attempt to discover a answer. We’ve companions in different nations who can switch cash to your organization."
The Turkish supervisor then outlined his personal expertise in getting around the restrictions.
"Generally I work with different Russian corporations additionally. I work with one financial institution. Generally we’re allowed to convey the cash from the financial institution as roubles. I additionally bought CNC machines to Russia final yr. I purchased them in Europe and organized the export switch. Ultimately we bought them. There are brokers, do you perceive?"
The journalist talked about the CLX-350 made by Famot. Bilal confirmed that he was conversant in the model, however requested for clarification of the configuration and even prompt an alternate. Then he stipulated a key situation for cooperation. "However please, in no contract, in no letter – okay, in WhatsApp is okay, however in no contract and in no letter point out the navy or something like that, okay?"
Bilal despatched a listing of the gear that was in inventory and accessible on the market. Many of the objects on the listing have been labelled as DMG Mori merchandise.
Information despatched by Bilal Ipek containing the listing of kit accessible from the Turkish firm
Bilal stated supplying new gear from DMG Mori could be troublesome, however nonetheless potential. Furthermore, he confirmed that it had been carried out earlier than.
Thus, the Turkish provider confirmed that he had expertise of supplying EU-manufactured machine instruments to Russia after the introduction of sanctions and was keen to hunt out monetary options by banks and brokers, and emphasised the necessity to keep away from any point out of the navy goal of the gear in official paperwork.
Journalists from Frontstory despatched inquiries to the Polish plant and its mum or dad firm. DMG Mori responded that it couldn’t rule out the likelihood that third events might have bought gear and illegally exported it.
The response acknowledged: "As a producer of machine instruments, we take decided motion in opposition to the unauthorised relocation of machines. Because of this, we developed RMS know-how. RMS stands for 'Relocation Machine Safety': a sensor makes it potential to detect the relocation of a machine instrument and mechanically disables the machine. It will probably solely be put again into operation on the new location as soon as it has been launched by a DMG MORI service technician.
We developed the RMS know-how in Japan a few years in the past, repeatedly refined it, and have steadily deployed it all through the world. Since 1 January 2024, all DMG MORI machines worldwide are geared up with RMS as commonplace. We’re neither capable of hint nor management the whereabouts of older machines that don’t have RMS."
Regardless of DMG Mori's official statements that it utterly withdrew from the Russian market again in 2022, high-precision machine instruments from the Polish plant in Pleszew proceed to achieve Russia by Turkish intermediaries specialising in sanctions circumvention.
The Turkish merchants explicitly recommend schemes to hide the navy goal of the gear within the documentation, whereas the tip recipients in Russia are shell corporations related with state contracts for key companies inside the military-industrial complicated. This demonstrates that there’s a systemic vulnerability within the EU sanctions regime with regard to dual-use merchandise.
Translated by Anna Kybukevych and Tetiana Buchkovska
