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Europe is grappling with a significant shortage of gunpowder, affecting the production of artillery shells vital for Ukraine's defense against Russia. The scarcity of gunpowder, crucial for propellant charges in artillery shells, has become a pressing issue as Ukraine continues its military campaign. In response, French Defense Minister Lecornu announced the transfer of Eurenco gunpowder production from Sweden back to France a year ago to revive the gunpowder industry. Amidst this backdrop, France's Chief of Defense Staff, General Thierry Burkhard, has reached out to his NATO colleagues, proposing the creation of a 'coalition of the willing' to assist Ukraine. This coalition would take over certain tasks from Ukraine, including manning defensive systems, training forces in-country, cyber operations, and demining. However, this proposal has met with a negative response from NATO. Additionally, Emmanuel Macron has suggested deploying NATO troops to Ukraine, a move that has sparked debate within the alliance. Macron's stance, aiming to intensify support for Ukraine, has been criticized for potentially undermining the cause by grandstanding rather than engaging seriously with allies. This situation unfolds as Europe faces challenges in sourcing ammunition and gunpowder, with Macron expected to support a Czech proposal to source "hundreds of thousands" of artillery shells from outside the EU to aid Ukraine's war effort.
Europe lacks the capacity to produce ammunition and gunpowder to make it , which could delay the production of artillery shells for Ukraine , AFP reports. According to Jean-Paul Molny of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), there are very few gunpowder…
Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce a pledge as soon as this week to support a Czech proposal to source hundreds of thousands of artillery shells from outside the EU to back Ukraine’s war effort https://t.co/eenSxlM2on
This is something: Politico: "Weeks earlier, France’s Chief of the Defense Staff General Thierry Burkhard had written to half his NATO colleagues, exploring the possibility of a coalition of the willing to take over certain tasks from Ukraine — including manning defensive… https://t.co/VVu2fPGeaf
BREAKING: ⚡ 🇨🇵 France proposed sending troops to Ukraine, but NATO refused – Politico France suggested deploying NATO troops to Ukraine in order to assist Kiev's forces with crucial tasks, the former US envoy to the bloc, Ivo Daalder, wrote in an article for Politico news… https://t.co/sH7UPpKbc0
France proposed sending troops to Ukraine, but NATO refused – Politico The country’s army chief of staff reportedly approached his coalition peers with the idea weeks ago https://t.co/qHjaQOgHHI https://t.co/OHnLAuBxdS
Macron says Europe suffers from shortage of gunpowder (Ukraine does as well) but at the same time he's discussing sending troops to Ukraine. It isn't Ukraine anymore, this is NATO getting demilitarized in real time. Air defense missiles, 155mm artillery shells, gunpowder. https://t.co/lwPBEuHku8
The French Chief of Defense Staff addressed his NATO colleagues with a letter in which he is exploring the possibility of creating a coalition of those willing to take on Ukraine's tasks , Politico reports The letter proposes to participate in the acquisition of defense systems,… https://t.co/FgDt6HoSB0
The French Chief of Defense Staff Thierry Burkhard has written all his NATO counterparts to explore the opportunity to create a coalition of the willing to send soldiers to Ukraine. The soldiers would train Ukrainian soldiers in Ukraine and assist with de-mining of territories https://t.co/VQZHbwAYab
The bad cop Macron talking about potentially sending troops to Ukraine and the good cop Scholz rejecting the idea with many others endorsing Scholz ironically benefits Russia because it creates division within NATO. Ultimate goal is to create a divide on collective defense.
🇫🇷🇺🇦 France’s Chief of Defense Staff General Thierry Burkhard had written to half his NATO colleagues, exploring the possibility of a coalition of the willing to take over certain tasks from Ukraine — training forces, cyber operations and demining. https://t.co/udl2A9YMzo
In a new episode of #Ukraine Talks, two Kyiv-based Ukrainian journalists (one of whom is me) discuss Emmanuel Macron's proposal to send NATO troops to Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats, and #Russia's new military districts on the border with #NATO. https://t.co/Fg3LYqKF6P
Macron's provocative diplomacy: a detriment to Ukraine's cause https://t.co/kZhviLqheO https://t.co/u0jT3vSoCY
Macron raised a serious issue—how to intensify support for Ukraine—but chose to grandstand rather than seriously engage with allies on whether and how to do so, thus undermining the cause. My latest FP @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/Lg3umgPKSI
„#France’s Chief of the Defense Staff had written to half his #NATO colleagues, exploring the possibility of a coalition of the willing to take over certain tasks from #Ukraine — including manning defensive systems, training forces in country…“ | #Macron https://t.co/wE7To4AD7e
"Weeks earlier, France’s Chief of the Defense Staff General Thierry Burkhard had written to half his NATO colleagues, exploring the possibility of a coalition of the willing to take over certain tasks from Ukraine — including manning defensive systems" https://t.co/yNvuDzRfvw https://t.co/TtMODHGfdr
🇫🇷🌐 ❗️The Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces, Thierry Burkhardt, sent a proposal to his NATO colleagues to consider the deployment of alliance troops in Ukraine, but received a negative response, Politico reports, citing information from the former US…
Here’s why Emmanuel Macron suggested openly sending NATO troops into Ukraine The French president is trying to exercise minds in Western Europe to understand that they can no longer rely on the US By Fyodor Lukyanov: https://t.co/gLNJAcwbdA https://t.co/KxlS0zd43s
"France’s Chief of Defense Staff has written to his NATO colleagues, exploring possibility of a coalition of the willing to take over tasks from Ukraine, including manning defensive systems, training forces in country, cyber operations, help in demining" https://t.co/TN4vaQNU0O https://t.co/OJjEdzExHe
🇪🇺🇫🇷⚡ Europe is experiencing a shortage of gunpowder for the production of artillery shells To revive the gunpowder industry, French Defense Minister Lecornu a year ago announced the transfer of Eurenco gunpowder production from Sweden back to France. https://t.co/erj0j2Mwt0
‘He wanted to shake up NATO.' Journalist at the Daily Telegraph, Anne-Élisabeth Moutet, discusses Macron refusing to rule out the possibility of putting ground troops in Ukraine. https://t.co/gAzjOjqr79
Europe battles gunpowder shortage to supply shells for Ukraine’s defence against Russia https://t.co/CeN7hyOx5T The scarcity of gunpowder, which goes into propellant charges that hurl artillery shells over distances of tens of kilometres has hamstrung Ukraine’s military campaign.