The President commented on the delays in Western aid.
President Vladimir Zelensky
President Vladimir Zelensky said that there was less than the million promised by the European Union shells.
He said this during a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov in Kyiv, Radio Liberty reports.
“As for Europe and the percentage that you said, this is not entirely true. Of the million shells that the European Union promised us, not 50% arrived, but 30%. Unfortunately,” Zelensky said, answering a question about the delays . half of Western aid.
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The day before, Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov at the forum “Ukraine. Year 2024″ reported that half of the support provided by Western countries does not arrive on time, which leads to the loss of military personnel and territories.
On February 24, Dmitry Kuleba, after a meeting with the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell, said that until the end of March The EU will transfer a new batch of artillery shells to Ukraine
Ammunition for Ukraine from the EU
- In January, Josep Borrell said that Kiev would receive half a million shells from European partners by the end of March.
- Subsequently, the European diplomat reported that the European Union expects to provide Ukraine with 1 million 155 thousand artillery shells by the end of the year due to the growing capacity of the defense-industrial complex of the member countries.
- Earlier it appeared that the EU member countries ordered only 60 thousand artillery shells for Ukraine.
- Last December, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that Europe would increase assistance to Ukraine to 480 thousand shells, and in 2024 it would increase its ammunition production capacity to the level 1 million shells.