The 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) approved on Monday a package of two billion euros to produce and make available to Ukraine large-caliber ammunition, announced the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security.
“A historic decision. As part of my proposal, the Member States have agreed to deliver one million artillery shells in the next 12 months”, wrote Josep Borrell on the social network Twitter.
The package was approved during a meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers in Brussels.
The two billion euros are earmarked for the production of 155mm ammunition that Ukraine requested weeks ago to continue repelling the invasion of the Russian Federation, which began more than a year ago.
The Russian military offensive on Ukrainian territory, launched on February 24 last year, plunged Europe into what is considered the most serious security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
Source: TSF
