NATO will spend more than a billion dollars on ammunition production.

NATO will additionally purchase artillery shells worth more than a billion dollars, which will allow it to continue supporting Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a briefing in Brussels.

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“We just signed more than $1.2 billion in contracts for hundreds of thousands of 155mm ammunition,” he said.

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According to Stoltenberg, the conflict in Ukraine has “turned into a battle for ammunition”, so it is important that members of the bloc can replenish their supplies and continue to support Kyiv.

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The Secretary General promised to discuss increasing military production on Tuesday at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of permanent representatives, in addition, NATO defense ministers will discuss this topic in February.