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...Kyiv has already been struggling to hold back Russia’s troops along a 1,500km active frontline, with Ukrainian forces rationing stockpiles and firing only about a third of the number of rounds they need...
...At the moment, European nations buying additional artillery ammunition from other countries is the only way to quickly provide Ukraine with urgently needed rounds....
...Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned into “a battle of ammunition”, Nato’s head has warned, as supply shortages have forced Kyiv’s military to ration artillery rounds....
...Stoltenberg was speaking after Nato signed the contract for “hundreds of thousands of rounds” of 155mm artillery ammunition, which will be distributed among members of the alliance to either send to Ukraine...
...Germany has announced a new €500mn military aid package for Ukraine that includes 10,000 rounds of ammunition from Bundeswehr inventories....
...The US has sent more 1mn rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukrainian armed forces....
...Pistorius also said on Tuesday that Germany would join a Czech initiative to urgently buy ammunition for Ukraine, covering the cost of acquiring 180,000 rounds....
...We must therefore insist on finding ways to accelerate the delivery of the promised artillery rounds to Ukraine....
...The weapons manufacturer did not say how many rounds of the 35mm ammunition had been delivered, but said the number would reach 40,000 by the end of the year....
...of 155mm and another 300,000 rounds of 122mm calibre which we can deliver within weeks if we can find quickly funding for that”....
...Assuming each carries 30 rounds priced at €5,000 each, and 30 days of supplies are kept on standby, that would account for €3.6bn of additional sales....
...Jens Stoltenberg was speaking after Nato signed a contract for “hundreds of thousands of rounds” of 155mm artillery ammunition. Here’s more on the agreement. 3....
...Russia’s unrelenting aggression against Ukraine has transformed Macron’s thinking: he came round to the idea of Ukraine joining Nato one day, and issued a rare mea culpa to eastern European countries that...
...on their ammunition depots, anti-ship missiles and drone storage facilities....
...It has committed to boosting the output of artillery rounds and forecasts total sales will double by 2026 compared with last year....
...Ukraine meanwhile is running short of ammunition....
...Israel has “basically signed on” to a six-week ceasefire that would be used to facilitate a second round of swaps of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, a senior US administration official said....
...“The people of Romania, as all of Europe, must be concerned and we must prepare accordingly,” Gheorghiță said, adding that Romania had a chronic shortage of personnel and lack of ammunition and equipment...
...The Investigative Committee said it had discovered two Kalashnikov rifles, 28 magazines and more than 500 rounds of ammunition at the scene of the attack....
...He recounted how one unnamed ammunition company “almost went bankrupt” recently when its national government cancelled an order for medium-calibre rounds because it suddenly wanted large-calibre artillery...
...According to Russian officials, the assailants were in the building from 7.58pm to 8.11pm before they fled, leaving behind two AK-74 assault rifles, more than 500 rounds of ammunition and bottles containing...
...She said she had proposed €50bn in macro-financial assistance for Ukraine, pledged 1mn rounds of ammunition to be delivered by March 2024 and promised the EU would take action to ensure “full accountability...
...Having failed to unearth sufficient legal evidence to try Biden, Hur scattered some political ammunition as a gratuity. All of these rejoinders are true....
...The US on Wednesday announced a new package of $200mn in new lethal assistance, including AIM-9M missiles for air defence, ammunition for Himars, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds and other weaponry....
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