March 28, 2024
Germany to supply Ukraine with over 10,000 artillery shells, army official says
The German Bundeswehr (armed forces) will hand over 10,000 artillery shells from its personal shares to Ukraine within the coming days, Main Normal Christian Freuding advised DW.
Talking to DW on Wednesday, Freuding stated the handover is the primary a part of a German three-stage plan for ammunition deliveries.
The Czech Republic has pushed via the acquisition of as much as 800,000 items of artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
The initiative started on the finish of February. Since then, 20 EU and NATO states have joined the marketing campaign, together with Germany, France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Canada.
Freuding advised DW that the Bundeswehr’s second stage of supplying Ukraine with ammunition entails additionally supporting the Czech initiative first with over 180,000 rounds as a consequence of be delivered “from early summer season till the tip of the yr.”
The ultimate stage would contain the supply of an extra 100,000 artillery shells from the fourth quarter of this yr.
Germany additionally plans to proceed coaching Ukrainian troopers on its soil. Final yr, 10,000 army personnel from Ukraine’s armed forces had been educated at German army coaching grounds, and an extra 3,000 to 4,000 within the first few months of 2024.
In 2024, the German Ministry of Protection is able to supply such a possibility to much more troopers from Ukraine.
“The main focus is all the time on coaching on the weapons methods that we offer to the Ukrainian armed forces, each tactical coaching, operator coaching and likewise coaching technicians to take care of and restore them,” says Freuding.
He added that Germany is continually stunned by the Ukrainian troopers’ capability to study and the pace with which they “make mates with utterly new weapon methods.”
