Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen became the first to announce that Denmark would send all of its ammunition to Kiev and appealed to other European countries to do more to support Ukraine. .
“They are [the Ukrainians] Now asking us for ammunition. Now it’s a cannon. “On the Danish side, we have decided to donate the artillery in full,” said Frederiksen, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday.
Frederiksen said European leaders often refer to production issues as an obstacle to increasing supply.
“I’m sorry, friends, but there are still stocks of military equipment in Europe,” she said.
“This is not just a question of production, because we have weapons, ammunition and air defense systems that we do not need to use ourselves at the moment, but we have to hand them over to production. ukraine,” she added.
Denmark’s decision was made similarly to the EU recently recognized The alliance says it will fall short of the 1 million shells it promised to fire on Ukraine by March.
The EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, told reporters last month that around 524,000 shells would be delivered to Ukraine by the original deadline, about 52% of the target.
Denmark’s announcement came as Ukrainian troops withdrew from the main eastern city of Avdiivka over the weekend, leaving them outnumbered in artillery and manpower by the attacking Russian forces.
Copenhagen has so far pledged 8.4 billion euros in military aid.
According to the Kiel Institute, Denmark’s military aid commitments have increased by €3.5 billion since November, making Denmark one of the top military donors as a percentage of GDP.
(Alexandra Brzozowski| Euractiv.com)
