Coordinate the effort of the arms industry of the Member States of the European Union (EU) in order to respond quickly to urgent requests from Ukraine.
Europeans have been discussing this for months.
However, there is urgency, particularly in terms of ammunition, while their consumption is reaching peaks in eastern Ukraine, particularly in the context of the Battle of Bakhmout.
According to several estimates, the Russians alone fire the equivalent of the monthly European production of ammunition every day.
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At this critical moment in the war in Ukraine, the emergency concerns 155 mm shells (
fired by the French Caesar guns in particular, Ed)
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In this field, Ukraine must be the priority of our manufacturers
," explained Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, on Tuesday, just before flying to Stockholm, where the EU defense ministers.
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