The European Union informed member states that the bloc is very unlikely to hit a pledge to provide Ukraine with 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition, complicating Kyiv’s ability to keep pace with Russia’s own production.
Under plans made earlier this year, the EU pledged to provide the artillery ammunition rounds to Ukraine over a 12-month period, first by dipping into existing stocks and then through joint procurement contracts and increasing industrial capacity.
With more than half of that time now gone, the initiative has so far delivered about 30% of the target.
Shouldn’t have pledged to do an impossible task.
The EU should probably stop promising Ukraine things they know they can’t deliver on.
The US is good with defense aid so let them provide it. The EU (and non-EU European countries) is good at humanitarian aid so let’s focus on that.
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*From Bloomberg News reporter Alberto Nardelli:*
The European Union informed member states that the bloc is very unlikely to hit a pledge to provide Ukraine with 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition, complicating Kyiv’s ability to keep pace with Russia’s own production.
Under plans made earlier this year, the EU pledged to provide the artillery ammunition rounds to Ukraine over a 12-month period, first by dipping into existing stocks and then through joint procurement contracts and increasing industrial capacity.
With more than half of that time now gone, the initiative has so far delivered about 30% of the target.
Shouldn’t have pledged to do an impossible task.
The EU should probably stop promising Ukraine things they know they can’t deliver on.
The US is good with defense aid so let them provide it. The EU (and non-EU European countries) is good at humanitarian aid so let’s focus on that.
Don’t get Ukraine’s hopes up.