Finland Detains Vietnamese Missile Parts

Finland has detained a shipment of Vietnamese-owned air-to-air missile parts bound for Ukraine after raising concerns the consignment of military hardware violated arms-export regulations.

Finland's customs service discovered the missile parts last month in a shipment that lacked proper approvals for military equipment to transit through its country, Sami Rakshit, head of the enforcement department at Finnish customs, told The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

"Vietnamese authorities have confirmed to us today that the shipment was Vietnamese government property en route for maintenance work in Ukraine as a part of routine military cooperation," Mr. Rakshit said.

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