Half of the shells purchased by the Czech Republic for Ukraine in African and Asian countries turned out to be of poor quality. This was reported by the Financial Times with reference to the head of the CSG supplier company Michal Strnad. 

The shells need to be improved before being sent to Ukraine. According to Strnad, CSG has to add missing components of its own production to some of them.

At the same time, he assured that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive the first artillery shells under the Czech initiative in June.

Strnad said that the war in Ukraine had contributed to the increase in prices for a limited number of shells that could be purchased outside the European Union, while Europe itself did not have the necessary ammunition.

The head of the company emphasized that orders from European ammunition manufacturers were booked for eight years in advance, even though they are all increasing production capacity. He believes that even if the war in Ukraine ended right now, “we have a huge job ahead of us to replenish the strategic stockpiles of NATO countries.”


Earlier, we reported that only four countries have fulfilled their financial obligations under the Czech initiative to purchase shells for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.