Russia and Ukraine are currently using up the world's supply of artillery shells. Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur announced that he would invest between 50 and 150 million euros in ammunition for Ukraine as soon as possible.
The Czech Republic recently moved forward with plans to procure up to a million grenades from third countries for Ukraine. 800,000 rounds of artillery ammunition are expected to come from the Czech Republic alone – “that is more than the whole of Europe produced in 2023,” writes the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Ukraine fired 4,000 to 7,000 grenades per day during their counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 alone, according to NZZ.. Ammunition for the Ukrainian army worth around two to three billion euros could be purchased if the allies provided funds for this, said PevKur. Ukraine is currently said to have reduced its defensive fire by more than two-thirds of its original intensity. For more than a year now, the Ukrainians have been able to fire back as intensively as the Russians.