"Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog wrote to German authorities and a Bavarian-based company seeking to halt the delivery to Russia of high-end machinery used by ammunition manufacturers.

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention in Kyiv informed the German government that a so-called CNC machine manufactured by Spinner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik GmbH is en route to a plant in Russia from Turkey, according to letters seen by Bloomberg News and people familiar with the matter. The equipment is due to arrive later this month."

[–] noughtnaut@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thanks for the excerpt.

a so-called CNC machine

Really? Framing it "so-called" makes it sound esoteric and rare, while in fact it's an utterly common machine tool used in many industries to create ... pretty much anything (eg. casting dies for Lego bricks). I wish they'd tone down the alarmism (unless they know it's ordered by "Ivan's Shell Mfg. Co").

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Russia should be blackwalled until Putin is put down and this war is over. Sending anything.... literally anything over there should be completely banned (especially if there is even a remote chance that it could assist Russian war efforts in any way).

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yep 100% agree the russians are trying to starve and freeze the Ukrainians to death why should we treat give em anything. Implement a full trade ban. Ban everything from bandages to books

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could make the argument that absolutely anything sent over there aids their war effort. Even a pack of TP is one less thing they need to make themselves, and in turn frees up resources that can be put to use in more sinister areas.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like you're picking up what I'm throwing down.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's probably just an attempt to not alienate people who have no idea what a CNC machine is. I'm sure there are lots of people who have no idea how things are made and what tools play a part.

I agree, though, I would've educated my readers on how ubiquitous such a machine is in manufacturing, rather than dumbing it down and making it sound like Germany is shipping rare weapon-building machines to Russia.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

FYI another commenter posted a longer version. Apparently it only showed me part of the article

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

It goes to Rostec that makes everything defence, missiles, aircraft conponents, fuzes, you name it