Estonian defense minister, Hanno Pevkur, resigned after it was revealed he paid 60-70 million EURs to Indian scammers for artillery shells which were going to be delivered to Ukraine.The advance payments went to Datasel, a tiny Italian shell company that had been bought by an Indian family business with zero experience in ammunition manufacturing. Neither firm had ever sold an artillery shell.
Some materiel did arrive, but it was unusable, missing fuses and propellant. Even after deadlines were missed, more payments kept flowing. The money has not been recovered.
Pevkur admitted he "did not read the contracts in detail."
The shells were meant for Ukraine, funded mainly from the profits on frozen Russian assets held by the EU.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/estonias-defence-minister-resigns-after-e70m-ukraine-ammunition-dispute/
