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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Sabine Siebold and Bart H. Meijer

NATO countries boost munitions output, pledge 48 Leopard 2 tanks for Kyiv

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is greeted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they meet on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS

NATO countries are ramping up production of artillery munitions as Ukraine is burning through shells much faster than the West can make them, the alliance said on Wednesday amid pledges to deliver at least 48 Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv.

"Things are happening, but ... we need to step up even more, because there is a big need out there to provide Ukraine with ammunition," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after a two-day meeting of alliance defence ministers in Brussels.

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