The Czech Republic called on EU countries to purchase 450 thousand bullets for Kiev from countries outside the community in order to supply one million bullets to Ukraine by March. This was reported by Policy He cited four diplomatic sources.
“Saddened by this delay in the plan, Prague calls on EU countries to finance the purchase of 450,000 artillery shells, which it estimates are available outside the bloc,” the statement said.
Sources believe that the EU may turn to Türkiye, South Korea and South Africa. One of the diplomats cited the figure of 450 thousand bullets that could be purchased from outside the European Union.
January 31 EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell statedHe said the European Union would send Ukraine about 500,000 artillery shells from February 2023 to March 2024, but promised to supply twice that amount. On the same day, Josep Borrell before an informal meeting of the heads of EU defense ministries in Brussels. stated It’s about a strong imbalance of firepower between Ukraine and Russia.
The previous decision of the European Union to allocate 50 billion Euros to Ukraine in the name Signal to the USA.