Only 223,800 bullets
EU lags behind on delivery destination for Ukraine
8/11/2023 9:51 p.m
Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, Ukraine has been supported by the EU. The member states have agreed to a package of two billion euros in aid. According to the current interim status, the actual goal of one million shots is still a long way off.
The EU has just delivered 223,800 shells to Ukraine as part of a plan to provide 1 million artillery shells to help Ukraine fight Russia. According to EU spokesman Peter Stano, the member states have “delivered tank guns, long-range precision-guided ammunition, mortar shells and 2,300 rockets of all kinds”.
The 27 EU member states promised in March to supply Ukraine with more ammunition. They agreed on a two-billion-euro package of EU funds that would provide Ukraine with one million rounds of artillery ammunition within a year from the stocks of individual states and joint EU orders.
With the current delivery, EU countries are still a long way from their target of one million rounds by next spring. For the second part of the delivery plan, the EU Defense Agency EDA is negotiating joint procurement contracts with European manufacturers for 155 mm howitzer grenades and rockets.
According to their own statements, the EU and its member states have spent a total of around 20 billion euros on arms deliveries of all kinds to Ukraine since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine in February 2023.
Most recently, Estonia had announced that it would provide Ukraine with further military aid to fight Russia. The government of the Baltic EU and NATO state decided to hand over small arms and ammunition to Kiev.