Plan to buy ammunition for Ukraine fully funded, says Czech president

[Emrys]

Source: Reuters

PRAGUE, March 7 (Reuters) - A Czech-led plan to buy 800,000 rounds of ammunition for Ukraine to fight Russia's invading forces has secured enough funding, with contributions from 18 countries, Czech President Petr Pavel said on Thursday.

The most pressing need for Ukraine two years after Russia's full-scale invasion began has become artillery ammunition, which is running low as the sides use heavy cannon fire to hold largely static, entrenched positions along the 1,000-km (620-mile) front line.

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Pavel had said last month it had located 500,000 rounds of 155-calibre ammunition and 300,000 rounds of 122-calibre ammunition that could be delivered if funding was secured.

Speaking to reporters on a visit to regional towns on Thursday, Pavel said ammunition deliveries to Ukraine could start in weeks.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/financing-set-buy-ammunition-ukraine-czech-president-says-2024-03-07/

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Momentum on this initiative has been building rapidly since President Pavel announced it on 17 February. Latvia, Germany and France declared their support for the scheme earlier in the week, and Norway came on board earlier today.

Czechia is also planning to set up a major hub to produce and service arms for Ukraine.

[ananda]

1. Thank you Czechs and other countries!

!!!

[blue-wave]

2. Thank you to our allies!!

They are filling the gap until we kick the russiapublicans butts in November.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Nice work while we attempt to get our shit together.

[Sky Jewels]

4. Good!

And fuck all the U.S. Putin fluffers in the GQP.

[AZLD4Candidate]

5. And thanks to the Republicans, the US is AWOL.

[Emrys]

6. To be fair, the US has reportedly signed up to the Czech initiative

It's been heartening to see the European allies stepping up to fill the breach while the hardcore Republicans act out like dickheads. I hope this will be only the first in a series of similar schemes.

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. Congress, specifically the House, still control the purse strings. And those dickheads in the Freedumb Caucus

are Putin's tools.

[lapfog_1]

8. they need actual bullets too

and grenades for their drones... and, most of all, StormShadow and/or HIMARS missiles. The latter two are what allow them to disrupt the Russian supply lines to the front, deny the Black Sea to the Russian Navy, and the threat of which keeps mechanized attacks in force to a minimum. Plus they will need the MANPAT and MANPAD missiles for attacking the remaining Russian tanks and the occasional Russian plane or helicopter... tanks which are now very vulnerable to those weapons because of the thin top armor of older Russian tanks. That said, their drone attacks using home made high explosive bombs are working well for them against the tanks and armor fighting vehicles.