Several independent and parallel initiatives – an EU-led ammunition program, a Czech Republic-led procurement of extra-EU ammunition, and a series of bilateral security agreements between Ukraine and individual Western countries – should secure around 800,000 artillery shells in the coming months, according to a March 3 report by Eurodynamics.
The spokesman for the reconstruction of Ukraine, Tomás Kopecini, a spokesman for the Czech Republic for the reconstruction of Ukraine, told Newsdynamic that this figure is not final and that more can definitely be provided.
800,000 rounds of ammunition are enough for half a year according to Ukraine's current firing level, and with the follow-up of 155 mm ammunition production in Europe and the United States, it means that the shortage of ammunition in Ukraine has been actually lifted, because after half a year, the conventional ammunition production in Europe and the United States will never be as stretched as it is now. More importantly, as long as sufficient funds are raised, countries in the EU will no longer be selfish, and the huge production of 155 mm ammunition like South Korea will definitely be enough for Ukraine.
However, since Ukraine needs to drive the Russian army out of its territory and win the war completely, it needs to have far more artillery and ammunition than Russia in order to achieve such results.
Just like the U.S. production at the end of World War II, crushing the Nazis, although the latter is of higher quality and technology, this also means that Ukraine will not only need to get a considerable amount of ammunition fired by Russia every day in the future, but also need more.
Finnish Defense Minister Hakkanen called on the West to increase military support for Ukraine and "immediately" raise funds for the artillery initiative. In his opinion, Europe did not recognize the seriousness of the war from a historical point of view and did not provide sufficient support to Ukraine. Hakkain also stressed the importance of increasing the EU's own production, where he believes some progress has been made. It is clear that Finland's appeal is directly proportional to how well they know Russia and the risk of invasion of their neighbors.
And Finland, because of its proximity to Russia, is not afraid to break the red line considered by Western powers to aid Ukraine, for example, Hakkanan directly expressed his agreement with Ukraine's use of Finland to attack the Russian mainland, because that is in line with international law.
Of course, the West is not all about Finland.
According to Nexta, Germany, which is in the whirlpool, is now starting to provoke other countries again. The commander of the Luftwaffe, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhard, revealed that France used German cars to transport German cars loaded with Scarp missiles to Ukraine.
And the previous 38-minute recording leak, the Luftwaffe generals focused on not only providing assistance to Ukraine to destroy the Taurus missiles on the Crimean bridge, but also getting Germany out of suspicion, which is probably why they accused France of using German vehicles to transport missiles.
As the largest economy in Europe, Germany's momentum and pattern are far inferior to France, which is about to send troops into Ukraine and create a strategic dilemma for Russia, and even less than Finland. It is estimated that France has now come back to the taste, although the West is afraid of a direct hot war with the nuclear-armed Russia, but it must not be said that Russia is absolutely not afraid of a direct conflict with the Western nuclear powers.
As for the leak of the recording, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said: "It's about using this recording to undermine and upset us," and he said he "hopes that Putin will not succeed." In fact, whether you succeed or not is not your own business in Germany, if you are willing to provide Taurus, it is a matter for Scholz to open his mouth, if not, wouldn't Putin have succeeded?
In response to Scholz's repeated refusal to supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles, former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that "Scholz's behavior shows that he is the wrong person to do the wrong job at the wrong time in terms of European security." As for the leak of the German ** officer, he "We know that Germany has been deeply infiltrated by Russian intelligence agencies, so this can only show that they are neither safe nor reliable." ”
In fact, for other NATO countries, even if they don't criticize the leak of the German official, I'm afraid it is a bit psychologically unbalanced, and the criticism of the former British defense secretary, who provided Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles during his tenure, is actually a criticism of the United Kingdom.