The United States announced this Friday a new aid to Ukraine, the 33rd, consisting mainly of ammunition. It was announced by Antony Blinken, the head of the DoS, who specified that the value of this transfer was 400 million dollars.
Will be delivered ammunition for the Himarsfor 155mm and 105mm guns and 40mm shells for armor Bradley. Engineering equipment (bridges and breaching) will also be delivered.
This announcement coincides with the visit to the White House of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who pledged on Thursday to massively increase its production capacity for ammunition and military equipment to meet the security challenges posed by Russian aggression in the ‘Ukraine.
Shells paid for by the EU
The countries of the European Union are called upon to allocate, at their meeting on March 7, one billion euros to honor their commitment to provide “as a matter of urgency” the ammunition requested by the Ukrainian armed forces. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell recommends devoting one billion euros from the endowment of the European Peace Facility (EFF), the fund used for the purchase and supply of armaments to Ukraine, the purchase of 155 mm shells used by the Ukrainian artillery. This funding would make it possible to quickly deliver 250,000 155 mm shells sold for 4,000 euros each, according to the indications of experts in Brussels.
