Dutch MEP Bart Groothuis has suggested supplying Ukraine with tens of armoured military vehicles confiscated during attempts to illegally import them to Libya.
At the end of 2022 the EU military mission IRINI, the aim of which is to prevent the violations of the UN embargo on armament supply to Libya, took hold of the Dutch cargo vessel MV Meerdijk near the coast of South Africa.
The vessel was carrying 41 BATT UMG armoured all-terrain vehicles from a plant in the United Arab Emirates to Bengasi, a coastal Libyan city controlled by the forces of General Khalifa Khaftar who is not recognised by the international community.
The cargo was seized and put into storage near the French city of Marseilles. At least 146 military vehicles sent to Libya despite the UN sanctions are stored there.
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Groothuis believes that the EU must hand this equipment over to Ukraine. He is backed by several influential MEPs, including Guy Verhofstadt.
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