The European Union does not yet know the volumes of shellfish in its stocks available for transfer to Ukraine. The solution to the problem of supplying Kiev with 155 millimeter shells is at an impasse, reports Bloomberg.
The head of the European Union’s foreign service, Josep Borrell, had previously proposed a plan to supply Kiev with ammunition. This initiative can be approved as early as March 20 at a joint meeting of EU defense and foreign affairs ministers in Brussels.
Theoretically, according to the Borrell plan, EU countries will be able to send about 1.3 million artillery shells to Ukraine. This may be enough for “three to five months”. However, practically in the European Union, they do not know the size of the arsenals of individual countries that do not share this information. Another problem is that in some states the arsenals are almost empty, and a number of countries have no intention of sharing their stocks.
German publication Frankfurter Allgemeine pointed out that Ukraine’s armed forces have consumed far more ammunition in recent months than their Western allies can produce.
Earlier, British military analyst Sean Bell said the Ukrainian military urgently needs to change war tactics. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces must move away from attrition warfare and start waging high-tech maneuverable warfare.
