The European Union is urgently looking into the possibility of its member countries joining forces to buy artillery ammunition to support Ukraine against Russian forces, European diplomats and officials have said.
EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss a joint purchase of 155mm shells at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, the sources said. According to European officials and diplomats, a pooling of arms orders would be more effective than purchases at the national level.
The urgency of the situation.
Ursula von der Leyen said she was convinced that the urgency of the situation would convince EU members to drop their preference to buy weapons domestically.
The joint purchase of weapons could be similar to the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19, added Ursula von der Leyen. The head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kuleba, has
He said he discussed the “critical issue” of munitions with defense industry executives in Munich.
“I have received guarantees, and I have precise figures, on the quantities that can be produced,” he told reporters. “The question refers to its contractualization, financing and logistics.”
While a decision is not expected on Monday, an EU diplomat said announcements were likely to be made in the coming days, following an Estonian proposal for the EU to buy caliber artillery ammunition.
155mm.
A diplomat added that the union was focusing on ways to boost production and finance joint purchases.
Source: BFM TV
