Switzerland

The Swiss company Ruag wanted to sell the tanks to Germany, which intended to send them to Ukraine. But according to an investigation by the Tages-Anzeiger published on Saturday, some of these tanks were already sold four years ago for a derisory price.

In 2019, Ruag sold 25 Leopard 1 tanks to a Bavarian company, Global Logistics Support GmbH (GLS). The company only paid around CHF 12,500 ($14,133) for these 25 tanks, a unit price of CHF 500.

It was precisely these tanks that the government-owned armaments group wanted, until recently, to send indirectly to Ukraine by selling them to another German company, Rheinmetall, which the Swiss Federal Council refused two months ago.