EU defense ministers to discuss plan to send all available shells to Kyiv

The EU Defense ministers will discuss at an informal meeting in Stockholm on March 7-8 the European Commission's plan regarding the urgent dispatch to Ukraine of all 155 mm artillery shells available in their warehouses and the urgent formation of multibillion-dollar military orders for the European military-industrial complex.

Report informs, citing Le Soir, that, according NATO press service, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will fly to Sweden to participate in this meeting, and that representatives of Ukraine are also expected to attend it.

The plan will be discussed by the EU defense ministers at an informal meeting next week. It should then be approved at the planned joint meeting of the EU defense and foreign ministers in Brussels, and it will be launched by the EU summit on March 23-24," the newspaper reported.

The plan developed by the EU foreign policy service under the leadership of the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrel includes three elements - the EU countries will be offered to send Kyiv all the shells available in their warehouses to prepare the offensive. EU countries should receive compensation for these ammunition from the European Peace Fund, and the earlier the ammunition is sent, the more money will be paid for each shell. For shells sent before the end of April, up to 90% of the cost of each munition will be paid, then the rate will begin to decrease.