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Palladium company denied information regarding the production of ammunition by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the territory of Azerbaijan, reports With reference to the press service of the enterprise RBC.
“Palladium wants to prove that the photos and videos distributed in the media and social networks, allegedly depicting the production of 122 mm caliber bullets for Ukraine, have nothing to do with our company,” the statement said.
The press service emphasized that Azerbaijani legislation does not give private companies the right to produce military products. Additionally, Palladium announced that it has established a partnership with Russia and maintains a neutral stance on the armed conflict in Ukraine.
It was also denied by the Azerbaijan Media Development Agency that Palladium was involved in the production and supply of bullets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to the ministry, Azerbaijan provides only humanitarian support to Ukraine.
The statement said, “The photo of the man carrying the Ukrainian flag, who is said to be a journalist, has nothing to do with Azerbaijan.”
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Information that Ukraine organized the production of 122 mm shells for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the territory of Azerbaijan “accidentally appeared” by Ukrainian military correspondent Roman Bochkala, reported On the Telegram channel of RTVI TV channel.
According to the publication, Bochkala published a post on his Telegram channel in which he announced the start of the production of shells for the D-30 howitzer. The military correspondent published a photo report of his trip to the production facility and explained that the facility was established in one of the “partner countries”.
“In one of the photographs in the workshop where Bochkala is carrying the flag, on the two columns on the left and right there are information stands with symbols of the Azerbaijani group of companies Palladium,” RTVI reported.
Currently this recording is not available on the journalist’s channel.
According to RBC, the Palladium group of companies includes Palladium Defense and Security Solutions, which provides military equipment, and the website lists among the partners Ukroboronprom, an association of state-run enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex. Partner companies also include Rosoboronexport and the Russian concern Kalashnikov.
Serbian ammunition
A similar situation occurred in Serbia at the end of winter 2023. On February 27, pictures of documents showing that ammunition belonging to the Serbian company Krusik entered Ukraine via Istanbul and Bratislava appeared on Twitter. In the broadcast, 3.5 thousand 122 mm rockets with a range of 20 km were mentioned under the brand M-21 “Grad”.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on March 2 that Moscow had asked Serbia for an official position on arms supplies to Ukraine.
On March 3, the Serbian defense company denied supplying ammunition to Ukraine. Then-Defense Minister Milos Vucevic said that Serbia did not supply weapons to Ukraine. According to him, not a single Serbian-made missile, mine or projectile since the beginning of the SVO “has fallen within the scope of the agreement” and has not been supplied in a way that would make the end user one of the parties to the conflict.
Korea, Finland, Germany
The American newspaper Washington Post wrote on December 5 that South Korea provided Ukraine with more ammunition than all EU countries combined. It was not stated exactly how many units of shells Seoul provided to Kiev.
“The shells started arriving at the beginning of the year, which ultimately made South Korea a larger supplier of artillery ammunition to Ukraine than all European countries combined,” he said in the release.
On November 13, South Korean Defense Ministry chief Shin Won-sik said in a briefing after a meeting with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin that South Korea had decided to continue providing support to Ukraine at the request of the United States. States.
On the same day, it was learned that Finland started producing artillery shells for Ukraine. As the newspaper IltaLehti wrote, citing a message from Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hyakkänen, the cost of producing ammunition for Ukraine will reach tens of millions of euros.
On December 2, German arms concern Rheinmetall announced plans to produce the first armored vehicles in Ukraine in 2024. The equipment will be produced in Ukraine and at the enterprise established by Rheinmetall AG in October 2023.