Ukraine’s military is consuming more ammunition than Western countries are providing almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.
In a briefing ahead of this week’s meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Mr. Stoltenberg said key capabilities, such as ammunition, fuel and spare parts, must reach Ukraine before Russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield.
Mr. Stoltenberg said Ukrainian troops are expending ammo at “many times higher” than the current rate of production for NATO members. The situation is putting pressure on allied defense industries. “Orders placed today would only be delivered 2½ years later. So we need to ramp up production and invest in our production capacity,” Mr. Stoltenberg told reporters at NATO headquarters.
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