Germany and France want to work together to ensure a better supply of ammunition to Ukraine, as discussed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné in Paris on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two ministers spoke about possible global procurement of ammunition for Ukraine, which is facing full-scale attack by […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Prague on Tuesday, 5 March, to clarify his country’s position regarding the Czech plan to purchase ammunition outside Europe for Ukraine. Source: French news agency AFP, as reported by European Pravda Details: During his one-day visit, Macron will meet with Czech President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala […]
Rust ammunition supplier Seth Kenney today said during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed that he “started to sense that there were efforts to redistribute blame or the cause of this accident” over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021. Kenney asserted that attorneys for Gutierrez-Reed, as well as Gutierrez-Reed’s […]
Unknown individuals damaged the pillar of a railway bridge in Russia’s Samara Oblast using explosives on the morning of 4 March. Ukrainian intelligence reports that this railway branch was used for transporting ammunition, and that the bridge will be unusable for the coming weeks. Source: Telegram-based news outlets Baza, Shot and Mash; Kremlin-aligned Russian news […]
North Korea has suspended the supply of ammunition to the Russian Federation by sea, likely due to production issues in the DPRK or logistical problems. Source: South Korea-based news platform NK Pro Details: Vessels carrying weapons have not appeared in ports over the past few weeks. NK Pro said four vessels, namely Angara, Maia-1, Maria […]
The Czech initiative to procure 800,000 shells for Ukraine outside the EU, which is financed jointly by a number of states, will be able to make first deliveries to Kyiv in a few weeks. Source: Jan Jires, the director general for defence policy and strategy of the Czech Republic, in an interview for Bloomberg, as […]
EVESHAM — Police are seeking four men who smashed through the glass door of a gun shop here, then fled with multiple weapons and ammunition. The masked burglars struck around 2:30 a.m. Monday at Urban Tactical Firearms in the Plaza 70 shopping center. A surveillance video shows one of the black-clad men failing to break […]
PARIS (Reuters) – The Netherlands will contribute 100 million euros ($108.47 million) to a Czech initiative to buy ammunition for Ukraine from countries around the world, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday. Rutte was speaking after a meeting in Paris to bolster support for Ukraine as it struggles to fight Russia’s invasion, convened […]
Due to the acute shortage of ammunition in the Ukrainian army, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called upon Europe to ban its countries from exporting ammunition to nations other than Ukraine. Source: Dmytro Kuleba in an interview with RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), as reported by European Pravda Quote: “All contracts for the export of ammunition […]
Canada is ready to support Czechiaʼs initiative to deliver tens of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine urgently. Source: CBC News with reference to sources in the Defence Ministry of Canada; European Pravda Details: Although details are still being finalised, sources say the Canadian government could allocate up to CAD$30 million (US$22 million) to implement […]
Germany’s largest arms company, Rheinmetall, signed a memorandum of cooperation with Ukraine on 17 February and plans to open an ammunition plant in Ukraine. Source: Rheinmetall on Twitter Details: The memorandum was signed in the presence of Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries, and Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany, on the sidelines of […]
Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka struggled on Friday with severe ammunition shortages as Russian forces tightened the noose around the strategic eastern city in an intense Kremlin push for a battlefield win. The timing is critical as Russia is looking for a morale boost ahead of the second anniversary on February 24 of Moscow’s full-scale invasion […]