2024-01-19 07:29:54
UkraineToday’s warning is that the Ukrainian army has been fighting for nearly two years.Russo-Ukrainian War, facing a “very real and urgent” ammunition shortage. Ukraine’s 23 Western allies held a meeting in Paris and agreed to form an artillery alliance to supply new artillery shells.
at the same time,RussiaClaimed to have captured a village near the Udong town of Bakhmut.In addition, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced that it will hold the largest military exercise in more than 30 years next week, and 90,000 soldiers will testNATOThe ability to counter hostile forces such as Russia in a protracted conflict.
Agence France-Presse reported that Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov spoke via video link at the Paris meeting led by France and the United States, and later posted on the social platform X: “The shortage of ammunition is what our armed forces are facing. A very real and urgent issue.”
At the Paris Conference, the participating countries formed an “Artillery Alliance” under the broad Ramstein Contact Group. The Ramstein Group brings together more than 50 countries that support Ukraine.
president of ukraineZelenskiy(Volodymyr Zelenskyy) expressed his gratitude to the French President on social platform XMacron(Emmanuel Macron) “Established the Artillery Alliance” and also thanked the Artillery Alliance for the guns and ammunition produced.
Cedric Perrin, chairman of the French Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said on the 17th that Ukraine uses 5,000 to 8,000 artillery shells every day, while Russia uses up to 15,000.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov said that ammunition production must be increased to meet demand.
The supply of 155mm artillery shells used by the West has become a key issue.
The European Union (EU) had promised to deliver 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine in early 2024, but MEPs said that only 300,000 have been delivered so far.
I spoke with @EmmanuelMacron to thank France for launching the artillery collation for Ukraine and committing to produce dozens of “Caesars” and ammunition for them in 2024.
We discussed in detail the battlefield situation, Ukraine’s priority defense needs, including items for…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) January 18, 2024
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