STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Arms imports into Europe almost doubled in 2022, driven by massive shipments to Ukraine, which has become the world's third-largest destination, researchers said Monday.
With a 93 percent jump compared to the year before, imports have also increased due to accelerating military spending by European states including Poland and Norway, said the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
And the rate of imports is expected to accelerate further, it said.
Moldovan police forces operate in riot gear during a protest organized by a Moldovan member of parliament on behalf of the Sor opposition party in Chisinau on March 12, 2023. - Around 3,000 people attended on March 12, 2023, afternoon in the capital Chisinau as the party of a fugitive pro-Russian oligarch has again mobilised people in recent weeks against the pro-European government, amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Chisinau. Several rallies are suspected of having payed participants. Moldova, formerly part of Russia's sphere of influence, is now governed by authorities who are firmly focused on European integration. Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
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