NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the member countries of the alliance are depleting their artillery stocks, so they plan to increase their production in the context of the conflict in Ukraine turning into a “war of attrition”. He said this in an interview with CNN. DEA News.
As the alliance’s secretary general said, the problem for NATO is that, due to the conflict in Ukraine, the consumption of shells exceeds production. “We’ve exhausted our reserves by now,” Stoltenberg said.
According to him, NATO countries are currently focusing on increasing production to continue supplying shells to Ukraine.
“We are now focusing on increasing production, because now this is a war of attrition, a conflict between logistics and we need to supply the Ukrainians every day so that they continue to get results on the battlefield,” he added.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, NATO and EU To agree To create coordination for the training of the Ukrainian army and the supply of weapons.