The US Department of Defense has not confirmed a 30% reduction in ammunition supplies to Ukraine.
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Listen, I wouldn’t say so. “We were able to provide Ukraine with what it needed during the counteroffensive, and we will continue to provide Ukraine in the winter,” said a spokeswoman for the US Department of Defense.
The Pentagon website quotes her as saying that the United States can simultaneously support Israel to defend itself in the war with Hamas. Taking advantage of the moment, she emphasized that the Pentagon needs the help of Congress, because this is the only way to continue supporting Ukraine.
The reaction was prompted by an ABC News article in which an unnamed Ukrainian official said the United States had cut supplies of vital NATO-standard ammunition to Ukraine by “more than 30%” since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza last month.
According to him, US officials have stated that military assistance to Israel will not affect American commitments to Ukraine, but this is not the case. He noted that Kyiv now has “big problems.”
A senior US Pentagon official subsequently said that the ammunition reduction “has nothing to do with what is happening in the Gaza Strip.”
Meanwhile, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton insists that by the spring of 2024, the production capacity of defense enterprises in the EU will reach a million artillery shells annually, but political will is needed to transfer ammunition to Ukraine.
The European Commissioner reported this to members of the European Parliament at a question and answer session on the topic of obligations to provide Ukraine with a million ammunition, DW writes. According to his estimates, by the end of 2024 the production potential will be even 1.3-1.4 million shells.
Breton noted that he came to this conclusion after visiting military-industrial companies in fifteen EU countries.
Source: Racurs
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