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In total, 20 European countries have joined EU’s plan for joint procurement of 155mm artillery shells for Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said during a briefing with his Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Lansbergis in Kyiv, Ukrainian news outlet European Pravda reported on March 24.“As of today, 19 member states of the European Union and Norway have already joined this project,” said Kuleba.Read also: EU Council removes Ukraine from blacklist of states that prevent combating corruption“That is, 20 countries that will be involved in one form or another in the joint production of 155 caliber ammunition, which is extremely necessary for...

Russia is believed to be using the ammunition to replenish supplies expended during its invasion of Ukraine. Iran has provided Russia with about 100 million bullets, 300,000 artillery shells and ammunition for rocket launchers, grenades and mortars and is planning to send more ammunition, Sky News reported on Wednesday, citing a security source. The source said that two Russian cargo ships left a port in Iran in January, transporting the ammunition to Russia via the Caspian Sea and that Russia had paid for the material in cash. Sky News speculated that Russia is using the ammunition to replenish supplies expended...

A lack of machine tools is constraining the United State's ability to ramp up ammunition transfers to Ukraine, the Army's top weapons buyer said March 3. The timeline for acquiring new machine tools “are often the long poles in the tent on getting capacity increased,” said Douglas Bush, assistant Army secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. “These machines are the size of buildings. You don’t just go buy it from a parking lot somewhere.” U.S. and allied production of artillery ammunition has emerged as a key problem in supplying Ukraine, which burns through thousands of shells a...