Estonian scandal: €70 million paid to Indian company that had never sold an artillery shell
Translated from Latvian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Estonia paid €70 million to an Indian company that had never previously sold an artillery shell, for ammunition intended for Ukraine.
- The shells did not arrive, and Estonia instead received further promises.
- Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur resigned after the controversy became public.
Estonia has been hit by a scandal over a €70 million payment to an Indian company that had never previously sold a single artillery shell.
The ammunition was intended for Ukraine, but the shells did not arrive. Instead, Estonia received new promises from the company.
After the affair came to light, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur resigned. Delfi said it was reconstructing how the scandal unfolded.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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