EU ministers approve plan to supply ammunition to Ukraine

On March 20, EU foreign and defence ministers agreed on a plan to supply ammunitions to Ukraine, which includes a joint purchase of 1 million rounds

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas wrote about this on Twitter. 

“Ukraine needs ammunition and has asked for it. I proposed that EU member states jointly procure 1 million shells for Ukraine. Glad that EU foreign and defence ministers approved the initiative today. This helps to ramp up the European defence industry and boost our security,” she tweeted. 

The day before, Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak reported that EU foreign ministers are planning to sign an agreement on a plan to jointly supply ammunition to Ukraine.

"EU foreign ministers should be able to sign of its ammunition plan for Ukraine tomorrow - with the goal of providing 1 million artillery rounds for Kyiv in the course of the upcoming 12 months," he wrote.

According to Jozwiak, this decision was facilitated by Estonia's impressive diplomatic work.