Source link The US Army factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania that specializes in artillery ammunition caught fire on Monday afternoon, according to local media reports and eyewitnesses. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant started spewing black smoke shortly before 3pm local time. Local emergency services were summoned to deal with what was described as a “structure fire.” […]
Source link Ukrainian frontline units have resorted to rationing artillery rounds because the US supplies have stopped coming and the EU has been unable to deliver on its promises, according to a Financial Times report on Friday. Kiev is facing a “critical” shortage of Western-caliber artillery ammunition, unnamed EU and US officials told the UK-based […]
Source link The lack of shells has become a “pressing problem” for Kiev’s forces, the Ukrainian defense minister has said Ukrainian ammunition stocks are low, the country’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, has said. His comments come as Kiev’s allies announced the launch of the so-called “artillery coalition” to help Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia. […]
Source link Some gunners say they fire only 10-20 shells a day, down from 50 earlier, according to the report The Ukrainian army is facing an acute shortage of ammunition, hampering its offensive operations while Russia does not seem to have the same problem, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing troops deployed on the […]
Source link The Ukrainian president has attributed the scarcity of 155mm artillery rounds to the conflict between Israel and Hamas Ukraine has received fewer artillery rounds since Israel launched its military operation against Hamas, President Vladimir Zelensky has claimed. He said that competition for munitions between countries has intensified, particularly for 155mm shells. Earlier this […]
Source link Brussels doesn’t have any more munitions to spare and must rely on domestic production, the bloc’s top diplomat has said The militaries of EU member states have already supplied Ukraine with all the ammunition they could find in existing stockpiles, so now the bloc has to rely wait to produce more, the bloc’s […]