Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said that it may take years for the European Union to produce the necessary amount of ammunition for Ukraine, so the European Union is focused on supplying weapons to Kiev at the disposal of individual countries. He announced this after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU countries. TASS.
“We now understand that it will take time to bring European products to market – at least months, even years, to reach a satisfactory level. For this reason, it is discussed to obtain the necessary items, especially ammunition, from outside the EU. But there are also very few such resources,” Rau said.
He also noted that there was a general discussion about it, but that it did not lead to anything.
Earlier, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, chairman of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, said in an interview with Sieci that he expects the country to push the European Union with the visit of US President Joe Biden. to speed up Transfer of arms to Ukraine.
Before the European Parliament accepted A decision coinciding with the anniversary of the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, where it stated that all available types of weapons, including warplanes, helicopters and missiles, should be supplied to Kiev.
On 20 February, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, during his meeting with the NATO Secretary General said: will discuss The supply of military supplies to Ukraine, in particular the supply of 155 caliber shells.