![]() ![]() The first Dutch military support for Ukraine in February 2022 involved several items of Dutch Thales, such as battlefield radar systems. Ethical second thoughts on war profits are quickly eroding. Helping the Ukrainians to fight the Russian invaders is considered noble and heroic. The war in Ukraine is not only financially profitable for military companies (see graph), it also is good for Public Relations. He made clear that no technology has been delivered after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: βany information suggesting otherwise is erroneous and therefore misleading.β T he Dutch press β missing the devil in the details β reproduced this version and wrote that no exports have been made. A spokesman of the company denied that Thales had signed any contracts with the Russians after 2014. Thales is a mayor global military company (52 per cent military) with production and research facilities in 68 countries on all continents. The technology in the vehicle was produced in 2016 (see picture), two years after the EU imposed an arms embargo on Russia. Late April it was reported that optical technology of the French/Dutch military company Thales was found in a Russian armoured vehicle near Bucha, which was captured by Ukrainian forces.
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