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NATO has announced contracts worth more than a billion euros with companies in Germany and France to supply 155-millimetre artillery ammunition. The first orders will be delivered "within 24 to 36 months," said the director of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), Stacy Cummings, in a press conference at the military alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. According to NATO sources, the contracts worth €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) should enable the purchase...

NATO on Tuesday, signed contracts worth $1.2 billion to acquire over 200,000 155-millimetre artillery shells in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian soldiers are being forced to ration ammunition amid shortages, frontline troops have admitted.

Brussels (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 - NATO on Tuesday signed contracts worth $1.2 billion to acquire over 200,000 155-millimetre artillery shells in the face of Russias invasion on Ukraine.

The contracts are going to France’s Nexter Munitions and Germany’s Junghans Microtec for 155mm rounds, a desperately needed ammo type in Ukraine and one NATO nations are looking to fill their own stocks.

Members of the Western military alliance have drained their stocks sending shipments of heavy ammunition to help Ukraine's forces battle Russia in a brutal war of attrition.

Several people have been killed in Ukraine after Russia fired dozens of missiles across the country, with explosions reported from the capital Kiev to the eastern city of Kharkiv. According to official figures, at least eight people were killed across the country. Seven deaths and more than 50 injuries were reported on Tuesday in Kharkiv alone. One woman also died in Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to official figures, more than 20 people were injured in the capital Kiev. Sever

More people have been killed in Ukraine after Russia fired dozens more missiles across the country, with explosions reported from the capital Kiev to the eastern city of Kharkiv. According to official figures, at least 10 people were killed across the country. Eight deaths and more than 50 injuries were reported on Tuesday in Kharkiv alone. One woman also died in Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Two people died when a Russian fighter jet attacked a village in the Kherson region of souther

Latvia is heading up a new drone coalition while Germany will helm another focusing on armor, according to US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander.