A dangerous truth is emerging from Ukraine. Kyiv is slowly starting to lose the war against Russia because it is running short of ammunition, in large part because promises made by the EU and the USA are not being honoured. Concurrently, Russia has moved to a wartime economic footing, with 40 per cent of government spending now on the military. The result has seen Ukraine start to lose territory.
In the east of the country, where I visited last week, talk is turning to which town will fall next. Soldiers are angry that they are dying because they do not have the ammunition – and specifically artillery shells – to return fire on Russian positions. If this continues, disaster awaits Ukraine and a great danger awaits Europe. The facts are as below.
Ukraine is not getting the shells it was promised. EU states pledged to deliver one million shells in 2023. In reality, they delivered barely a third. The
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