NATO countries increase production of ammunition, pledge 48 Leopard 2 tanks for Kiev

Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February last year, many NATO countries had fallen short of meeting the alliance’s ammunition-stockpile targets. The speed of deliveries to Ukraine, where Kiev’s troops are firing 10,000 artillery shells a day, has reduced Western inventories even further. At the same time, a plan is taking shape to […]