Ukraine crisis: EU seeks to increase and speed up production of artillery ammunition

Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson (right) and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (left) hosted an informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Stockholm on 7–8 March, where a plan for increasing and accelerating the production of artillery shells was discussed. (Swedish government/Johannes Frandsen)

European Union (EU) defence ministers meeting informally in Stockholm on 7–8 March discussed a plan for increasing and accelerating the production of artillery shells. High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell outlined the plan during the press conference that followed the meeting.