Estonia to send additional artillery shells to Ukraine as share of EU million-projectile plan
Estonia plans to supply Ukraine with a batch of 155 mm projectiles within the framework of the EU initiative concerning providing Ukraine with a million artillery shells as well as another armament.
Estonia's defense minister Hanno Pevkur made the relevant statement.
As the Defense Minister, he had informed the Estonian government that the ministry would supply Ukraine with 155 mm shells as its contribution to the EU initiative.
Made a decision and informed new 🇪🇪gov, that @MoD_Estonia will send 155mm shells to 🇺🇦 as our share of 🇪🇺 1 million rounds to 🇺🇦. Additionally night vision and 5.56mm ammunition for UA Army. Will discuss more closely 🇪🇪 help to 🇺🇦 with @oleksiireznikov tomorrow in Ramstein.
— Hanno Pevkur (@HPevkur) April 20, 2023
Pevkur has not specified the approximate batch size.
In the discussion about the sources of procurement for one million projectiles, Estonia acts in favor of buying them outside the EU borders.
Earlier, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, expressed his disappointment with the fact that the launch of the EU initiative about the joint procurement of projectiles for Ukraine is still being slowed down. There remains a disagreement between the EU member states concerning the exact way the initiative must be implemented.
