As part of the European Union's initiative to provide Ukraine with a million artillery shells in 12 months, the Netherlands will allocate 260 million euros for joint procurement.
This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kaisa Ollongren at the meeting of the heads of defense departments of the EU states in Brussels on Tuesday, the press service of the Dutch Ministry of Defense writes.
As Ollongren announced, the Netherlands provides 260 million euros for the project of joint procurement of 155 mm ammunition for Ukraine.
In March, the Council of the European Union approved a plan to provide Ukraine with a million rounds of ammunition within 12 months, consisting of three parts: the transfer of artillery shells from the stocks of EU states, joint purchases from defense companies and investments in industrial capacity.
According to the top EU diplomat Josep Borrell, as of today, the EU states have provided Ukraine with 220,000 artillery ammunition of various calibers and 1,300 missiles.
