The Caesar gun, working with 155 mm shells, which European countries supplied to Ukraine. Nexter
Thierry Breton, in charge of the Internal Market, pleads for better access to bank and private financing.
Coordinate the effort of the arms industry of the Member States of the European Union (EU) in order to respond quickly to urgent requests from Ukraine. Europeans have been discussing this for months. However, there is urgency, particularly in terms of ammunition, while their consumption is reaching peaks in eastern Ukraine, particularly in the context of the Battle of Bakhmout. According to several estimates, the Russians alone fire the equivalent of the monthly European production of ammunition every day.
“At this critical moment in the war in Ukraine, the urgency is for 155 mm shells (fired by the French Caesar guns in particular, Editor’s note). In this field, Ukraine must be the priority of our industrialists“Explained Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, this Tuesday, just before flying to Stockholm, where the EU Defense Ministers are meeting (March 7 and 8).
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