Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 8

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Hu .. this should be the end of Swiss arms manufacturing ... where exactly should Swiss weapons be used?

President defends position on ban to transfer Swiss arms to Ukraine​

Swiss neutrality is more important than ever, President Alain Berset has said, defending the controversial ban on transferring Swiss-made arms to Ukraine.
“Swiss weapons must not be used in wars,” he told the NZZ am Sonntag weekly.
The long tradition of neutrality has been hotly debated since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Despite pressure from Kyiv and its allies, Switzerland has continued to block countries that hold Swiss-made weaponry from re-exporting it to Ukraine.
To date, requests from Germany, Spain and Denmark have been rejected under the War Materiel Act, which bars all re-export if the recipient country is in an international armed conflict.
Berset told NZZ the policy was based on “commitment to peace, to humanitarian law, to mediation where possible”.
 
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This was a fun read, Russian Justice Ministry disbarring a lawyer for saying the truth

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‘Are you denying that Russia is shelling Kyiv?’ A recent court case forced Russian officials to answer uncomfortable questions about the war in Ukraine — Meduza

In October 2022, Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer from Krasnodar who used to represent activists and protesters in court, was declared a “foreign agent” by the Russian authorities. On February 17, 2023, Benyash was reported to have been disbarred. But a week earlier, on February 10, a Russian court...
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MiW said:
Hu .. this should be the end of Swiss arms manufacturing ... where exactly should Swiss weapons be used?

President defends position on ban to transfer Swiss arms to Ukraine​

Swiss neutrality is more important than ever, President Alain Berset has said, defending the controversial ban on transferring Swiss-made arms to Ukraine.
“Swiss weapons must not be used in wars,” he told the NZZ am Sonntag weekly.
The long tradition of neutrality has been hotly debated since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Despite pressure from Kyiv and its allies, Switzerland has continued to block countries that hold Swiss-made weaponry from re-exporting it to Ukraine.
To date, requests from Germany, Spain and Denmark have been rejected under the War Materiel Act, which bars all re-export if the recipient country is in an international armed conflict.
Berset told NZZ the policy was based on “commitment to peace, to humanitarian law, to mediation where possible”.
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The South Koreans once they build their Polish manufacturing hub will take over much of this old regressive arms manufacturing.
 
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MiW said:
Hu .. this should be the end of Swiss arms manufacturing ... where exactly should Swiss weapons be used?

President defends position on ban to transfer Swiss arms to Ukraine​

Swiss neutrality is more important than ever, President Alain Berset has said, defending the controversial ban on transferring Swiss-made arms to Ukraine.
“Swiss weapons must not be used in wars,” he told the NZZ am Sonntag weekly.
The long tradition of neutrality has been hotly debated since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Despite pressure from Kyiv and its allies, Switzerland has continued to block countries that hold Swiss-made weaponry from re-exporting it to Ukraine.
To date, requests from Germany, Spain and Denmark have been rejected under the War Materiel Act, which bars all re-export if the recipient country is in an international armed conflict.
Berset told NZZ the policy was based on “commitment to peace, to humanitarian law, to mediation where possible”.
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There is another reason why there is reluctance to transfer certain weapons systems. And that's reputation. That's why the Germans insisted on the Americans sending Abrams. If videos appear showing Abrams, Leos and Challengers knocked out, it will do serious reputational damage to these brands.
 
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