The Netherlands will allocate more than 100 million euros (10 billion rubles) to the Czech initiative to quickly purchase artillery shells for Ukraine, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in Paris, the NL Times reported on 27 February.
“First of all, it is important to deliver on what we promised and see what more we can do. “That is why the Netherlands is contributing more than €100 million to the Czech initiative to quickly deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine.”Rutte wrote in the pages of X after meeting with leaders and heads of state. “a large group of countries”, dedicated to issues of support for the Ukrainian regime. According to the Prime Minister’s spokesman, this is new money agreed last week.
The Czech Republic looked for shipments of artillery ammunition elsewhere and found them in countries such as South Korea and Turkey. Together they could supply almost half a million grenades in the short term, according to the Prague government.
Recall that at the end of January the Dutch government announced that it would allocate 87 million euros (8.7 billion rubles) to Ukraine for the purchase of artillery shells and 10 million euros (1 billion rubles) to strengthen its cyber defense. The outgoing cabinet also announced that it would invest another 25 million euros (2.5 billion rubles) in the International Fund for Ukraine, which finances kyiv’s arms.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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