A Vienna-based company was caught supplying equipment used to manufacture engines for Russian missiles and fighter jets, in violation of European Union sanctions.Austria’s interior ministry disclosed the scheme in a statement on Monday, Aug. 10, saying the company falsified end-user certificates to supply the equipment to Russia, according to Reuters.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“It is unacceptable for high-precision European technology to be diverted towards the production of cruise missiles and air-defence systems,” said Jörg Leichtfried, Austria’s junior minister in charge of intelligence.CNC machines and metalworking toolsThe restricted equipment included specialized CNC machines and metalworking tools capable of producing certain parts and components needed to sustain Russia’s war effort.“We will continue to take decisive action,” Leichtfried said, particularly “against those actors who attempt to circumvent legal bans on supporting the Russian arms industry.”The company, which the ministry did not identify, concealed its shipments through a network of shell companies based in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hong Kong, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Poland, and Lithuania.According to the ministry, its 28-year-old Belarusian director was arrested in May.Authorities valued the seized equipment at about €140,000 (roughly $162,000) on the day of the arrest. The unidentified suspect remains in custody as the investigation continues.