In an interview with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, an official of the Grundfos pump company claimed that this Danish enterprise was “just as surprised” as everyone else that their equipment turned up in Crimea, breaching EU sanctions adopted in response to Russia’s occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula.
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This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021, shows Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (C) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (C-L) inspecting Russian military drills at the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea.