Poland joins EU ammunition procurement program for Ukraine

The Polish radio station RMF FM reported that the Polish Ministry of National Defense had signed the necessary documents and Ukraine's western neighbor joined nearly two dozen European countries that had previously agreed to jointly purchase ammunition.

Their goal is, firstly, to increase the supply of artillery ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine; secondly, to introduce joint procurement by European states and accelerate its pace to replenish their own stocks; thirdly, to rapidly increase the production capacity of the European defense industry.

• On March 20, it became known that most EU countries had approved a plan to supply ammunition to Ukraine. The agreement was signed by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Norway.

• Several countries are not on the preliminary list of project participants, but only Hungary has officially declared that it has refused to participate in the purchase of 1 million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine.

• Poland and several other countries have not signed the EU plan to supply ammunition to Ukraine. Warsaw explained it by the fact that internal procedures in the country have not been completed.

• On March 22, Spain also joined the procurement agreement.