The Swiss Ministry of Economy has told AFP that it is checking media reports that a Polish company is re-exporting Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine.
Switzerland is traditionally a neutral country, although it has joined Western sanctions against Russia. It produces and exports a lot of weapons, but always with the condition that military goods should not be resold to countries at war.
On Thursday, the Swiss newspaper NZZ wrote that the Polish company UMO SP resold to Ukraine ammunition produced by the Swiss company SwissP Defence, based in the city of Thun.
The NZZ cited the American website Defense One, which wrote that 145,000 rounds of ammunition for sniper rifles and 500,000 rounds for assault rifles "could" have reached Ukraine this way.
The Swiss Ministry of Economy controls arms exports. It confirmed that an inspection was underway, but declined to comment further until it was completed.
NZZ noted that private buyers like UMO SP are not required to sign re-export declarations.
AFP also quoted an email from the Polish company, which insisted that it had strictly followed all export procedures and that all its transactions had been reviewed by the authorized bodies of Poland and the producing countries.
Switzerland has indeed refrained from supplying Ukraine with arms and ammunition, the most famous case being Swiss-made shells for German Leopard 2 tank guns.
As reported, the Swiss GCS has opened a service center for Swiss unmanned aerial vehicles in Kyiv.