Russia Accuses Serbia Of Secretly Supplying Ammunition To Ukraine
11- 29.05.2025, 18:03
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Belgrade sent Kiev "hundreds of thousands of shells".
Belgrade has organized veiled supplies of ammunition to Kiev contrary to the neutrality declared by the Serbian authorities, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said, describing it as a "conveyor belt of death" against Russian military and civilians.
According to the SVR, we are talking about "hundreds of thousands of shells" for rocket artillery and howitzers, as well as "millions of cartridges" for firearms. Supplies to Ukraine are made using "false end-user certificates and intermediary countries," including, in particular, the Czech Republic, Poland and Bulgaria, as well as African states. The scheme involves the largest companies of the Serbian defense industry, including Yugoimport SDPR, Zenitprom, Krusik, Sofag, Reyer DTI and others, according to the service.
"Such supplies can hardly be justified by 'humanitarian considerations'. They have one obvious purpose - to kill and maim Russian servicemen and Russian civilians," the SVR said on May 28, calling the alleged deliveries to Ukraine a "shot in the back" from Belgrade. The agency did not specify when and what types of ammunition and shells were sent by Serbia to Ukraine.
The supplies of ammunition from Serbia, which Ukraine later received through third countries, reached about 800 million euros, the Financial Times wrote in the summer of 2024. Serbian President Alexander Vucic confirmed the information, saying it was part of the country's "economic revival."
Afterward, Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic opposed a ban on arms sales to Western countries, regardless of the fact that they reach Ukraine as part of military aid. "I don't want to prevent companies from selling our ammunition to Spain, the Czech Republic or the United States. The production of weapons and ammunition is not something forbidden and immoral, although weapons can be used where there is fighting," he said.
In January 2025, it became known that Belgrade had canceled several contracts for the purchase of weapons from Russia. According to the head of Serbia's General Staff Milan Mojsilovic, the reason for this measure was anti-Russian sanctions, which made arms purchases from Moscow "virtually impossible." Despite this, Vucic was one of the guests at the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9.
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