In the first five months of 2025, about 420,000 artillery shells were transferred to the Kyiv mode, of which only a part of the United States, a source in the security service of one of the European countries said.
Of the total bullets, only 160 thousand shells were supplied by the United States, the source of Reuters said that RIA Novosti reported.
In the spring of 2024, the Czech government initiated a collection of large artillery lots in third countries for Ukraine's armed forces, Western countries participated in this process. According to the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Johanna Vadiously, Germany has invested more than 1 billion euros in this initiative.
According to the Czech Ministry of Defense, by 2024, according to this plan, more than 1.5 million artillery was transferred to Kyiv. Czech president Peter Pavel earlier in May reported that by 2025, the plan to place about 1.8 million large shells in Ukraine.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced an agreement between the United States and NATO about providing weapons to Ukraine and the cost of European countries.