Europe Looks Abroad to Get Ukraine Weapons With Russia Advancing
- Macron ‘totally open’ to Czech initiative to buy non-EU arms
- Russian forces progress west of Avdiivka, seizing villages
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France and the Netherlands backed a plan to buy ammunition outside Europe to get much-needed military equipment to Ukraine faster as Kyiv’s forces face continued Russian advances.
The idea of purchasing hundreds of thousands of rounds from several countries was outlined by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at an extraordinary summit of European leaders in Paris on Monday aimed at showing support for Kyiv and underscoring Western determination to help it win against Russia. A proposal is expected in early March.