Russia slams Serbia for supplying arms to Ukraine
Photo: Russia complained that Ukraine is fighting with ammunition from neutral Serbia (Getty Images)
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service is displeased that Serbian defense enterprises, despite Belgrade's declared neutrality, continue to supply ammunition to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service claims that Serbian companies are selling ammunition through a scheme involving fake end-user certificates and intermediary countries.
NATO countries, primarily Czechia, Poland, and Bulgaria, are most frequently named as intermediaries, along with several African nations.
According to Russian intelligence, Serbian companies have supplied hundreds of thousands of artillery shells for multiple launch rocket systems and howitzers, as well as around a million rounds of small arms ammunition.
They also assert that the scheme involves major Serbian defense industry players, including Yugoimport SDPR, Zenitprom, Krusik, Sofag, Reyer DTI, Sloboda, Prvi Partizan, and others.
Serbia supplies ammunition to Ukraine
Back in 2023, after leaked Pentagon documents suggested possible Serbian ammunition deliveries to Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić denied the claims. He also stated that Serbian export contracts prohibit re-export to Ukraine.
According to estimates by the Financial Times, the Ukrainian army may have received Serbian-made ammunition worth around €800 million through intermediaries. The outlet reports that President Vučić agrees with the financial assessment, though he insists that Serbia is not involved in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Later, Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević defended Belgrade's right to sell ammunition to Western buyers, who may then supply it to Ukraine.
