Projectiles promised by the EU to Ukraine are delayed due to insufficient industrial capacity, says G. Nausėda

“We have to admit that we have not yet reached the volumes that are necessary to continue providing this military support to Ukraine,” the head of the country told LRT television on Monday.

He spoke this way after Bloomberg news agency reported that the Community is lagging behind plans to supply Ukraine with one million artillery shells by March 2024 – about 30% of that has been achieved so far. set goal.

Speaking of the new 50 billion EUR financial package to support Kyiv, G. Nausėda said that “the political will is definitely there”. However, there is currently a debate on where to get these funds: whether by redistributing the EU budget or committing to new national contributions.

G. Nausėda hoped that an agreement would be found within a few months.

The new financial instrument, consisting of grants and loans, was proposed by the European Commission (EC) in the summer.

“The question of whether this money will be enough, since we are talking about a longer period, means (the amount) needs to be divided into another year. Then we get such that the amount allocated per year on average will be less than the 18 billion that were granted this year,” said G. Nausėda.

However, the Lithuanian leader emphasized that the parties agreed to return to this issue if Kyiv’s need for funds is really greater.