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On February 16, 2023, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to the Netherlands through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Dutch government of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin.

The head of the department, Catherine Colonna, also expressed the opinion that all European countries should adapt their economies to the accelerated production of weapons

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna said that Paris has accelerated the production of weapons, and therefore Kiev can count on the speedy delivery of additional self-propelled artillery units (ACS) Caesar.

According to the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, Ukraine is in a critical situation in terms of ammunition

An emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers and defense ministers of the EU countries will be held on March 6-7 to coordinate the supply of additional weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. This was stated on Sunday by the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, at a security conference in Munich, stressing that the EU countries should supply Ukraine with all the ammunition they have today.

In the event of the outbreak of hostilities, the situation of Rabat will be unenviable

Morocco waged a long and persistent anti-colonial war against France. Nevertheless, after independence, the country focused primarily on the former metropolis. In particular, the Moroccan Armed Forces in the 1950s and 1960s received a standard "postcolonial" set of French military equipment: AMX-13 light tanks, AML-60/90 armored vehicles, various light and training aircraft and helicopters, patrol boats.

Due to the approach of the anniversary of the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, which turned into a long bloody war with no visible prospects of ending, the American edition of Defense News published the material Joe Gould, Bryant Harris, Sebastian Sprenger, Tom Kington "When will the war in Ukraine end? Experts offer their predictions" ("When will the war in Ukraine end? Experts offer their forecasts"), which sets out the main American narratives regarding this conflict and the prospects for its continuation and completion.

The Pentagon has signed a contract with two contractors - General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems and American Ordnance LLC, which will manufacture 155-mm ammunition. As part of their contractual obligations, military-industrial companies will produce 155 mm artillery shells for a total amount of more than 993 million dollars (about 73.6 billion rubles). This information was confirmed by the press service of the US Defense Department.

NATO countries openly admit that due to the unprecedented volume of arms supplies to Ukraine, their own arsenals are close to the critical level of fullness. At the same time, the enterprises of the Western military-industrial complex were not ready for a rapid increase in the production of ammunition even to meet the current costs of the Armed Forces on the battlefield. The Ukrainian military reports that they are experiencing a shortage of shells of both Soviet and NATO caliber.

Lidovky: NATO approves new plans, but problems remain old

Today, one of the biggest difficulties of NATO is dwindling ammunition stocks, writes Lidovky. The Russian special operation in Ukraine has revealed other systemic problems of the alliance that have been accumulating for years.

In the area of the town of Eastern Palestine, in the US state of Ohio, almost two weeks after the train crash with vinyl chloride, the picture resembles the consequences of the apocalypse. Some American media covering the man-made disaster compare the incident with the explosion of an atomic bomb, calling it "American Chernobyl", and the consequences are called "local nuclear winter" for the whole region.

Is it possible to create a new global geopolitical alliance designed specifically to confront the United States? It is already possible to meet forecasts that the Moscow–Beijing–Tehran axis could become such an alliance. The discussion of this topic was fueled by the Iranian President's visit to China. Do all three participants, and especially our country, need such an alliance?

As the Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic Sebastien Lecorgnu noted, Paris' support to Kiev "includes equipment, training, ammunition and maintenance"

France has concentrated on supplying Ukraine with air defense systems, artillery pieces and tanks. The Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic, Sebastien Lecorny, wrote about this on Twitter on Tuesday.

Les Echos: NATO thought about accelerating defense production out of fear of Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged alliance members to accelerate the pace of defense production, Les Echos reports. The endless supply of weapons to Ukraine has devastated the warehouses and stocks of Western countries. Now the priority is to replenish ammunition. The issue of sending fighters to Kiev has receded into the background.

Politico: The APU will have to save ammunition due to the depletion of Western arsenals

The APU will have to spend ammunition more economically, since the West does not have time to replenish stocks, writes Politico. To do this, Kiev will have to change the tactics of warfare and rely more on maneuvers on the battlefield.

Western weapons supplied to the Kiev regime are safely destroyed by the Russian military. This time, the American-made M109 self-propelled gun was destroyed with the help of the Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Telegraph: Russia will soon defeat the West in the "war of ammunition"

The West does not have enough ammunition to supply the APU due to problems with the production base, the author of the article for The Telegraph believes. At the same time, Russian manufacturers do not face the problems that their Western colleagues have to solve.

According to the publication, Western countries are looking for ways to increase the production of shells and continue training Ukrainian soldiers

The United States intends to focus on training Ukrainian servicemen in order to change the tactics of combat operations by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thereby reduce the consumption of artillery ammunition by Kiev. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on Tuesday .

Bulgarian expert Boyko Nikolov discusses why the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, having made several launches in the first months of the special operation in Ukraine, stopped using hypersonic missiles "Dagger" to strike enemy targets. In his opinion, there may be several reasons for this.

MWM: "Leopards 2" will not be well in Ukraine from new Russian anti-tank shells

Russian tanks participating in the SVO are being re-equipped with new shells that are capable of piercing armor 800-830 mm thick at a distance of two kilometers, writes MWM. This indicates that Russia is preparing for the imminent appearance of Western combat vehicles in Ukraine.

The corporation explained that they continue to improve corrected aerial bombs, torpedo and mine weapons, coastal missile systems

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) continues to work on improving adjustable aerial bombs, torpedo and mine weapons, coastal missile systems, as well as port protection equipment and coastal infrastructure elements. This was reported to TASS in KTRV during the international exhibition Aero India 2023.

The decision is explained by the fact that sending these weapons to Ukraine would lead to the depletion of American arsenals and would undermine the combat readiness of US troops in the event of future conflicts, the newspaper writes

Representatives of the American authorities told their Ukrainian colleagues that Washington would not send ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 300 km to Kiev as military assistance, since the United States itself does not have a surplus of these weapons. This was reported on Monday by the newspaper Politico, citing sources.