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Estonian defence minister Pevkur resigns over EUR 70 million EU-funded shell scandal

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.

Verified AI-drafted ERR News, 2 September 2026

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

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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