The EU sanctions are being effectively circumvented by companies using shell companies in multiple countries to supply equipment for Russian military use.

#Austria has broken up a scheme in which a Vienna-based company supplied equipment used to make engines for russian missiles and ​fighter jets, in breach of European Union sanctions, the interior ‌ministry said on Monday. The company, which the ministry did not name, concealed ​it's shipments through a network of shell companies in Turkey, the United ​Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Poland and Lithuania https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/austria-breaks-up-sanctions-evasion-scheme-supplying-russian-arms-industry-2026-08-10/

Austria has broken up a scheme in which a Vienna-based company supplied equipment used to make engines for Russian missiles and ​fighter jets, in breach of European Union sanctions, the interior ‌ministry said on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/austria-breaks-up-sanctions-evasion-scheme-supplying-russian-arms-industry-2026-08-10/ #Ukraine #Russia #EU #Austria