EU foreign ministers have agreed a €2bn plan to raid their stockpiles and jointly purchase desperately needed artillery shells for Ukraine, AFP reported, citing diplomats.
Foreign and defence ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed on a multipronged initiative aimed at providing Ukraine with 1m shells in the next year and replenishing their own stocks, according to diplomats.
Ukraine has said its forces are having to ration firepower as Russia’s invasion has turned into a grinding war of attrition. Kyiv has said it wants 350,000 shells a month to help its troops hold back Moscow’s onslaught and allow them to launch fresh counter-offensives later in the year.