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Politico: Estonia’s EPF actions were ‘completely legal’
3/29/23
A report Tuesday which stated that Estonia had been upgrading its own defenses at the expense of other European Union Member States does not mean that Estonia has acted in any way other than “completely legally”, Politico, which published the initial article making the claims, said Wednesday. ...
Much of the equipment in question, such as 105mm howitzers sent to Ukraine last year, is dated, but the reimbursement has been calculated on the basis of new replacement equipment, rather than the much lower figures that the current market value of the older weaponry would entail.
At the same time, Estonia is only one of half-a-dozen EU Member States, including Finland and Lithuania, who have done the same, Politico itself states.
In its “Brussels Playbook” section [link at URL] Politico notes that what Estonia has done, namely replacing older military equipment supplied to Ukraine with newer equipment, funded by the EPF, is “completely legal. ...”
https://news.err.ee/1608930131/politico-estonia-s-epf-actions-were-completely-legal
calculated on the basis of new replacement equipment, rather than the much lower figures that the current market value of the older weaponry would entail.
how else do you replace it???
seen the price of used cars lately?
I suspected this from the start. These are great times for defense contractors. All the MiG-29s and other aging aircraft being sent will be replaced with shiny new F-16s and similar, and new munitions will eventually replace all the old war stocks being sent.
Egad, I am getting more cynical as the days go by.
Do the toys sent to Ukraine work?
LOL - the trashier the better
it’s still just more free stuff for Homo Z boi
you know somehow they stealin our taxpayer dollars