The head of the EU diplomatic service, Josep Borrell, at a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev, promised to complete the delivery of 1 million bullets by the end of this year. The head of European diplomacy wrote this on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Borrell noted that the EU was “accepted by Zelensky” in which he promised to “get on target” regarding ammunition supplies.
Borrell was interviewed by the Ukrainian publication “European Truth” the other day. requestedHe said the EU has already provided Kiev with more than 980 thousand bullets. According to him, the EU will be able to continue to supply the same amount of ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) “when it reaches cruising speed”.
Against this background, Borrell emphasized that the European powers must significantly accelerate the production of shells. They have now reached the required production capacity.
Before this, Borrell and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced that they would supply “1 million bullets within a year” to Ukraine.
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