NATO countries are ramping up production of artillery munitions as Ukraine is burning through shells much faster than the West can make them, the alliance said on Wednesday amid pledges to deliver at least 48 Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv.
"Things are happening, but...we need to step up even more, because there is a big need out there to provide Ukraine with ammunition," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after a two-day meeting of alliance defense ministers in Brussels.
Even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 last year, many NATO countries had fallen short of meeting the alliance's munitions-stockpiling targets. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Western nations had pledged 48 Leopard 2 tanks for Kyiv, including one battalion of 31 older Leopard 2 A4 tanks whose delivery is being coordinated by Poland.
Allies also kicked off discussions on whether defense expenditures of 2% of Gross Domestic Product are sufficient with a full-fledged war raging in neighboring Ukraine.
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