At today’s meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, Minister of Defence of Germany Boris Pistorius announced a new military aid package worth around 500 million euros, which addresses precisely the need for artillery ammunition of the Ukrainian army, writes deaidua.org/news.

The package includes 180,000 artillery shells, which are part of the Czech ammunition initiative. Deliveries are scheduled to begin as early as this summer, i.e. in approximately two to three months.

He did not disclose which type of ammunition is being financed by Germany, but it can be assumed that it is only the 155mm calibre, as government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit already announced on the 6th of March that 155mm ammunition was being targeted.

In addition, a further 100,000 155mm artillery shells have been ordered in Germany, the delivery of which is also scheduled to begin this year. To provide short-term assistance, 10,000 artillery shells from Bundeswehr stocks are also to be delivered to Ukraine. Minister Pistorius spoke of a delivery that would begin “almost immediately”.

Taken together, it can therefore be said that Germany will supply Ukraine with over 350,000 122 and 155 calibre shells bilaterally this year. A massive increase on the less than 40,000 rounds supplied last year.