EU member states on March 20 agreed to buy a million ammunition for Ukraine, but are still pondering how to implement the agreement.
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According to Politico sources, the EU ambassadors met on April 5 to discuss the issue, but made little progress.
The bone of contention remains whether arms contracts will be awarded exclusively to EU companies (and how to legally define them), or whether they will also be open to third parties.
France is insisting that the money stay within the EU, several sources said. Greece and Cyprus support Paris because they want to avoid contracts with Turkish manufacturers.
The plan provides for the allocation of 2 billion euros for this purpose. Half of the amount will go to the purchase of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (about a million ammunition), and the other half – to compensate for the stocks transferred to Ukraine by the EU countries.
Earlier, Bloomberg wrote that Ukraine is asking for a million ammunition per year, while the European defense industry can produce about 25 thousand shells per month.
Source: Racurs
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