2023-09-17 09:20:00
“The volume of weapons and ammunition that Ukraine requires is enormous. The scale and volume of what is used is beyond our production capacity,” Bauer told a news conference in Norway.
He added that NATO countries that decide to supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine have to think about the risks to their own security.
“When you think about providing weapons or ammunition, you have to think about your own decision: ‘Am I giving away? Secondly, what is the risk that I run against my own readiness in NATO, in my own country?'” Bauer said. .
In this sense, the military called on the countries of the Alliance to address more quickly and effectively the issue of increasing production capacity in the defense sector.
Moscow has condemned foreign military supplies to Ukraine. In April 2022, Russia sent a diplomatic note to all NATO countries on the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that any shipment containing weapons to Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia.
Recently, the head of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Eirik Kristoffersen, admitted that NATO ammunition reserves are “running dangerously low” as demand outstrips supply.
“[Las adquisiciones] They keep going slowly. “All the defense chiefs I have spoken to say that the demand for new weapons exceeds production,” the military command told the Norwegian newspaper. VG.
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