“EU pledge to build one million shells for Ukraine will be kept” – Liberation

On the eve of an extraordinary summit in Brussels this Thursday, February 1, the Internal Market and Defense Commissioner detailed the blocking points and mechanisms that would make it possible to continue and increase support for Kyiv.

This is an important meeting for Kyiv. As the Ukrainians run out of ammunition, EU heads of state and government are meeting in an extraordinary summit this Thursday, February 1, to try to override Hungary’s veto on 50 billion euros in aid. HAS set free, The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Defense, Frenchman Thierry Breton, assures that European producers will succeed in producing the million shells promised to Ukraine in the spring. An increase in power that will make it possible to produce 2 million more in 2025 than the United States. Breton calls on Europe to be able to conclude a framework purchase agreement so that manufacturers stop selling equipment that Ukraine desperately needs to third countries. That’s the problem, according to EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, who announced on Wednesday that only 52% of the million shells will be delivered in March.

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