Several countries of the European Union want to specify the initiative regarding the purchase and transfer of projectiles to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression.

By the end of this year, it is planned to transfer one million shells to the needs of the Armed Forces.

This was reported by the publication

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The message indicates that this is mentioned in the draft conclusions of the summit of the European Union, which is to be held on March 23-24.

The initiative to transfer one million shells to Ukraine has already been supported by Finland, the Baltic states, Poland and Romania.

In addition, the draft document emphasizes the need to immediately begin supplying ammunition to the Ukrainian military, including through joint procurement.

The publication reports that the text of the document has not yet been finally approved and may change before the start of the EU summit.

We will remind, earlier the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said that the Western allies did not provide military support to Ukraine quickly,

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In addition, earlier, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, emphasized that the European Union must

from European defense funds.

Read also:

• Scholz said that Germany will help provide the Armed Forces with ammunition

• The Russians have an "artillery famine": in Donbas, a limit on ammunition was set for the occupiers

• The EU agreed to promote the joint purchase of weapons to help Ukraine

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