Estonian defence minister resigns in €70m EU-funded procurement scandal for Ukraine

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Posted on AllSides September 3, 2026

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Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur announced on Wednesday that he would step down from his political post after it emerged that the government had used European Union funding to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine from companies with no previous track record of producing the weapons.

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