Two Ukrainian gunners load a 155mm shell into a Polish-made Krab self-propelled gun. Front line, Donetsk province, August 29, 2022. ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP
DECRYPTION – Group purchases would make it possible to structure demand, channel prices, or even lower them. The priority is to avoid one-upmanship between Member States.
Correspondent in Brussels
They had been favored by Europeans during the Covid pandemic. They could now be back in the saddle for ammunition supplies as Ukraine calls for more military support. Group purchases have come back in force in Brussels in recent days, under the impetus of Estonia. “Now is the time, really, to accelerate and intensify the production of standardized products that Ukraine desperately needs“, insisted on Saturday the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the annual Munich conference on security.
The subject was the subject of a discussion between EU foreign ministers meeting on Monday in Brussels and an exchange on Tuesday at NATO headquarters between the Secretary General of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell. He will be…
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