Europe has overpromised on artillery shells to Ukraine and is making even less than it admits: investigation
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The European Council says it's on track to make 1.7 million artillery shells this year, but the likely number is far lower, an investigation found.
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The original was posted on /r/ukraine by /u/PDXhasaRedhead on 2024-07-09 02:52:09+00:00.

Depressing and typical of the EU’s half heartedness.

  • @ironsoapEnglish
    1•4 months ago

    As of January, Ukrainian forces were firing in the range of 200,000 a month, according to internal estimates seen by Bloomberg. …

    Russia was firing an estimated 10,000 shells a day.

    So Russia is firing 3.65 million estimated shells per year and Ukraine is aiming at 2.4 million shells, while the EU is producing .55 million per year, and the US is producing somewhere between .42 and .72 million per year. I can’t find domestic production in Ukraine, but it’s a huge shortfall no matter how you calculate it.