Finland will produce artillery shells for Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
Finland plans to make a decision on the production of artillery shells for Ukraine by Christmas, aiming to support Ukraine's defense.
Finland plans to start producing artillery ammunition by Christmas to start producing artillery ammunition for Ukraine by Christmas. This was stated by Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen in an interview with the Iltalehti newspaper on Tuesday, UNN reports .
We have completed negotiations on on how Finland will increase the production of heavy ammunition for Ukraine. This decision will be made very soon
The Defense Minister emphasized, that the decision on the production of the shells is likely to be made before Christmas.
A plan has already been announced to a significant increase in ammunition production. The intention is to support Ukraine even more strongly than we do now. At the same time, we will further increase Finland's and the Nordic countries' readiness to produce ammunition
Ammunition production will be increased by tens of millions of euros, the Finnish Defense Minister said.
To recap
President of the European Council Charles Michel said that the European Union will keep its promise to supply Ukraine with one million of ammunition, but acknowledged that "it will take a little longer than we would like".
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