Greece cannot maintain Russian weapons systems due to European sanctions against Russia. The portal reports this militaire.grEmphasizing that the Greek authorities have turned the country’s air defense into a sieve, Dr.
“The Mitsotakis (Kyriakos) government is putting the Russian-made anti-aircraft systems available in our country, especially the TOR-M1, which forms the basis of Greece’s air defense in the Aegean, out of use or at least operating them problematically. It was called “Sea and Evros”.
According to the portal, more than 1 million euros allocated for the purchase of spare parts for the TOR-M1 anti-aircraft missile system in Russia in 2023 were returned to Greece.
The article also points out that against this background, many questions arise about the state of anti-aircraft systems in service with the Greek army.
On August 25, the pronews.gr portal wrote: Greece terminated A contract was signed with Russia for the maintenance of Tor-M1 and Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile systems. According to the publication, the government decided to abandon the “weapons support program”, which means the purchase of spare parts and services, and “not sign new contracts (FOS)”.
Before this, retired Air Force Major General, Secretary General of the Greek-Russian Union and President of the Crimea Friends Association in Greece, Pavlos Christou, stated that it would be a violation for Athens to send Russian-made S-300 air defense systems to Kiev. Intergovernmental agreements and will weaken Greek air defense.
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