the shells that the fighters are missing so much should finally arrive

The Czech Prime Minister announced Tuesday that around twenty countries are committed to purchasing 500,000 shells for kyiv, to be delivered next June. A breath of fresh air for the Ukrainian authorities, still facing ammunition shortages.

Since the European Union was unable to keep its promise and produce a million shells for kyiv, the Czech Republic, very committed to supporting Ukraine, took matters into its own hands. She identified 800,000 pieces available in South Africa, South Korea or Turkey. And to be able to buy them, she organized a fundraiser. In the end, around twenty countries took part, including France, Germany, Norway and Canada. This fundraising allows us to place a first order for 500,000 shells, which can be delivered from June. The announcement made by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Tuesday April 16 in Prague, is a real breath of fresh air for the soldiers.

On the ground, the shortage of ammunition is reflected very concretely, when the Ukrainians shoot A shells, the Russians send seven, even ten in certain places on the front. These figures were confirmed to franceinfo by one of the representatives of the Armed Forces. The consequence is that the Ukrainians can no longer protect their energy infrastructure, which is being systematically shelled. Last week, the Trypillia thermal power station, 50 kilometers from kyiv, was completely destroyed by four missiles. “However, we killed seven”explained Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, before adding: “But the last four passed simply because we ran out of rockets”.

kyiv also lacks soldiers

The other subject on which the balance of power is unfavorable to the Ukrainians is the number of combatants. LRussia has an almost inexhaustible windfall. It also has 70,000 more men on the ground than six months ago. “The Russians unfortunately have an enormous privilege. They don’t care about losses at all. They don’t care about the lives of their soldiers. They don’t care about their health. As Putin said: ‘better to die on the front than from the cold or from vodka'”, according to Olexander Litvinenko, who heads Ukraine’s national defense and security council. “But we are fighting for our future and that of our children. That’s the difference between us and the Russians.”he continues.

To commit more men to the front, Volodymyr Zelensky promulgated the law on mobilization on Tuesday. A controversial text which provides for more sanctions for those who resist, but no rest for those who have been fighting for more than two years.