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# Estonian defence minister Pevkur resigns over EUR 70 million EU-funded shell scandal
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-02-estonia-pevkur-resigns-ammunition-scandal/
- Published: 2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T10:30:25.000Z
- Description: Estonian defence minister Hanno Pevkur resigned after an audit found the state paid EUR 70 million upfront, via the EU's European Peace Facility, to Datasel S.R.L., a company with no prior record of producing artillery shells for Ukraine.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified

Verified [ERR News, 2 September 2026](https://news.err.ee/1610126620/estonia-s-defense-minister-resigns-in-national-defense-procurement-scandal?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the EUR 70 million will be recovered or that procurement rules have since changed.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Minister resigns over EUR70m overpay scandal; no own/operate/law/parts change stated. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)