On a day of shame for the EU, it emerged ten member states sold hundreds of millions of pounds of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020
* Paris sent bombs, rockets and explosives, as well as thermal-imaging cameras for 1,000 tanks and infra-red detectors for jets.
* Berlin sold rifles and Rome provided armoured cars.
EU states, including then-member Britain, hit Russia with a weapons embargo in 2014 over the annexation of Crimea.
But a loophole allowed countries and firms to fulfil contracts they had previously signed with Russia.
And a probe by Investigate Europe shows EU27 states issued more than 1,000 licences after the ban.
France went on to flog £130million of military kit to the Kremlin, Germany sold £100million and Italy made £19million.
Britain also sold weapons to Russia after the embargo was imposed, but only £1.7million worth.
