Washington [USA], May 4: "We proposed an additional 3.1 billion USD related to the production and addition of 155 mm bullets, but were spent 6 billion USD," according to Reuters on May 3, citing US Army official Doug Bush in charge of procurement. weapons. The US Army proposed $3.1 billion to buy artillery shells and expand production, in the recently issued $95 billion budget bill for aid to Ukraine. The US plans to increase production of 155 mm artillery shells to 100,000 next year. General Dynamics benefited from the Pentagon's spending to replace aid stocks sent to Ukraine, including 155 mm ammunition. Ukrainian officials have said the country needs 20,000 artillery shells every day, despite receiving much less aid.
In another development, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on May 2 that the conference planned by Switzerland to be held in mid-June to discuss how to end the conflict in Ukraine would be meaningless because Moscow was not invited. Earlier on the same day, the Swiss government said that "at this time", Russia is not among the dozens of invited countries. Switzerland said that despite leaving open the possibility of Russia's participation, Moscow repeatedly emphasized its lack of interest. Meanwhile, Mr. Andriy Yermak, Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine, said that the country will use every effort to invite China to attend.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper