Since the European Union does not have its own ammunition warehouse, the union countries must supply the ammunition to Ukraine. This was stated by the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell at a meeting of the heads of the Ministry of Defense of EU countries.
“Approximately 1 million bullets, we need to analyze carefully at what stage EU countries are at. “I don’t have my own ammunition depot in Brussels,” Borrell was quoted as saying. TASS.
This is how the politician responded to the question of whether the EU will be able to provide 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine by March 2024, as promised.
According to Borrell, increasing supply to Ukraine is “a matter of interaction between the industry and the member countries.” He suggested that production should be shifted to Kiev to increase the amount of ammunition supplied, providing industrialists with a “better sales market”.
The head of European diplomacy added that EU countries have already transferred more than 300 thousand shells from military warehouses to Ukraine and it is difficult to obtain more.
Thierry Breton, formerly European Commissioner for the Internal Market statedHe said that EU countries will increase ammunition production by 30 percent in 2023.