Arms transfers to Europe nearly doubled in 2022, driven by massive shipments to Ukraine, which has become the world's third largest destination for weaponry, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). "It certainly goes back to decisions that European states have made about increasing their military capabilities after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014" says Pieter Wezeman, a senior SIPRI researcher, "European states want to have more arms and they want to have them faster." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES