The EU has sent less than a third of the 1 million rounds of ammo it promised Ukraine, report says

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 11:18

Four Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade and mortar rounds — Four Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade preparing mortar rounds for intensive firing at a position near Andriivka on September 25, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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The EU pledged to send Ukraine one million rounds of ammunition by March 2024.
But it has only sent 300,000 so far, an EU official told Politico Europe.
Hitting that target is almost impossible because of the EU's production rates, officials said.

The European Union will likely fall short of sending the one million rounds of ammunition it pledged to Ukraine, an unnamed senior EU official told Politico Europe.

"It will be very difficult to reach" the figure in time for the bloc's March 2024 target date, the source told the outlet.