Poland will provide logistical and financial support to increase the supply of ammo to Ukraine purchased under the Czech initiative in third countries, Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski said at a press conference in Prague on March 21, Reuters reports.
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“We are happy to contribute not only financially but also to a very efficient logistics operation so that the ammunition can be delivered to where it is needed at the front,” the official said.
Czech President Petr Pavel first announced the possibility of buying 800,000 shells for Ukraine on Feb.17. He said he had found half a million pieces of 155-millimeter ammunition and 300,000 pieces of 122-millimeter ammunition. Pavel did not name the countries that agreed to sell the shells.
A Ukrainian security official told NV that plans are in place to purchase more shells from South Korea and South Africa. The contract is estimated to cost around $2 billion.
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