EU seeks to provide 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine

European Union member states are set to reach an agreement that would provide Ukraine with 1 million artillery rounds over the next year, Report informs, citing Bloomberg.

The EU’s foreign and defense ministers are expected on Monday to back spending €1 billion ($1.1 billion) from its European Peace Facility for EU countries to jointly buy ammunition, according to people familiar with the matter. They will also back spending another €1 billion from the same fund to reimburse what member states send from their own existing stockpiles of both modern and Soviet-era ammunition to Ukraine.