The European Union must step up the supply of ammunition to Ukraine, which needs 1,000 shells of artillery per day in the Bakhmut area alone, said the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday in Stockholm. He added that Ukraine especially needs long-range ammunition „because the Russians are bombing from far away”. In March, European Union ministers approved a plan worth at least two billion euros to supply Ukraine with one million rounds of artillery ammunition and missiles over 12 months. The plan is based on the availability of EU countries to send ammunition from existing stocks and future orders placed jointly. Meanwhile, Germany announced a new package of military equipment for Ukraine worth 2.7 billion euros, the largest since Russia’s invasion. This would also include air defence systems, battle tanks, infantry vehicles, artillery ammunition and hundreds of surveillance drones.
