European Commissioner Thierry Breton said on Friday that the European Union will have the capacity to produce at least 1.3 million projectiles by the end of the year as the EU faces the dual task of providing military aid to Ukraine and replenishing its own stockpile, according to data. AFP.

During a visit to Tallinn, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Industry, Thierry Breton, said that the priority was to ensure that the majority of artillery shells produced by European companies were destined for Ukraine, which is at war with Russian forces that invaded Ukrainian territory during the last two years. years

“We are at a crucial moment for our collective security in Europe, and in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, Europe must and will continue to support Ukraine with all its means,” Breton told the media.

Speaking alongside Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Breton assured the audience that the European Union would reach its goal of producing one million shells a year by March or April.

“We will continue to improve our production capacity, probably to about 1.3-1.4 million … by the end of this year, and we will continue to increase it significantly next year,” he added in 2025.

The European Commissioner refused to disclose the actual production figures, saying that this is confidential information.

“With such a production capacity of a million projectiles… we have to make sure that most of it goes to Ukraine as a priority. Because there is an urgent need,” he added.

Callas noted that, according to South Korea, Pyongyang supplied Moscow with more than a million artillery shells in exchange for consulting on military satellite technology.

“If North Korea can do it, then certainly Europe can do it,” she added. “Ukraine is important to us, and we must not let it down,” she emphasized.

“Russia is a direct threat to NATO’s security… We must all do more because the threat is real,” she warned.