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EU Ministers Agree To Send Ukraine One Million Artillery Shells Within The Next 12 Months

A Ukrainian serviceman prepares artillery shells [File: Kateryna Klochko/AP Photo]  

BBC: EU gives Ukraine €2bn of ammunition after shell plea 

More than a dozen European Union member states have agreed to supply Ukraine with at least one million artillery shells over the next year. The plan, worth €2bn in total, was agreed in Brussels on Monday. 

Ukraine had told the EU it needed 350,000 shells a month to hold back advancing Russian troops and launch a counter-offensive this year. 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hailed the "game-changing decision" from the EU. "Exactly what is needed," he wrote on Twitter. "Urgent delivery and sustainable joint procurement." 

The deal comes as Russia grows concerned at a Ukrainian counter-offensive near Bakhmut or in southern Ukraine, according to a report from think tank Institute for the Study of War.  

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WNU Editor: About 90,000 artillery shells per month is not enough for Ukraine. Russia expends this number of artillery shells every 3 to 4 days. 

EU Ministers Agree To Send Ukraine One Million Artillery Shells Within The Next 12 Months  

EU seals plan to send a million artillery shells to Ukraine -- Reuters  

EU seals deal to supply Ukraine with a million rounds of shells -- The Guardian 

EU nations rush to scrape up one million artillery rounds for Ukraine -- Defense News 

EU seals deal to send Ukraine 1 million ammo rounds -- Politico  

Ukraine Gets Desperately Needed Artillery Boost in War With Russia -- Newsweek  

EU ministers agree to send Ukraine one million artillery shells -- Al Jazeera



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