Ukraine Is Benefiting From Ammunition Pledge, Czech Envoy Says
- Foreign Minister Lipavsky says Kyiv using up ammunition stocks
- ‘They know that they will have a supply,’ chief envoy says
Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire a self-propelled howitzer at a front line position.
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Ukrainian forces are benefiting from a plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of ammunition rounds to the front line as they use up stocks in anticipation that more is on the way, the Czech Republic’s top diplomat said.
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said the Czech-led initiative, which foresees the procurement of some 800,000 shells from sources outside the European Union, is bearing fruit even if the badly needed shipments may be weeks away from delivery.