Swiss-made armor appears in Ukraine

After Mowag-made Eagle armored cars were photographed in Ukraine, the Swiss government is scrambling to find how they got there

Swiss-made armor appears in Ukraine

Swiss-made armor appears in Ukraine

Switzerland struggles to explain how Mowag vehicles got to the front, after photo evidence emerges

The government in Bern is trying to figure out who violated export control laws after Mowag-made Eagle armored cars were photographed in Ukrainian-held territory, the newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ) reported on Wednesday.

Jose Colon snapped a picture of the vehicle in the town square and posted it on Instagram in mid-February. The same model was spotted earlier this week by an AFP photographer in Avdeevka, on a different section of the frontline.

“We will make all the necessary clarifications and assess the situation as quickly as possible,” Seco spokesman Fabian Maienfisch told NZZ.

“the aggressor.” A parliamentary committee advanced a proposal in January to issue a temporary waiver for EU countries wishing to supply Ukraine. President Alain Berset revealed earlier this month that the amendments to the War Materiel Act had not been approved by the full parliament just yet.

The authors of the proposal claim that it would preserve Switzerland’s neutrality, as these would not be “direct exports.” In the eyes of Russia, however, the Alpine confederacy forfeited that status when it joined the EU sanctions against Moscow last year.