Ammunition
Artillery Ammo Deals for Ukraine Gain Traction With EU Members
- Netherlands, Romania among countries supporting the idea
- Estonia has called on EU to spend $4 billion to buy shells
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European Union members may agree to pool ammunition purchases as early as next month in a push to secure badly needed firepower for Ukraine.
A proposal circulated by Estonia this week to invest around €4 billion ($4.3 billion) to jointly procure a million rounds of ammunition won tentative support from the Netherlands and Romania. EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss the plan when they meet in Brussels on Monday and a final decision could come when the bloc’s leaders meet in March.