Polish newspaper says Poland not funding Czech-led initiative to buy ammunition for Ukraine despite pledge

Poland is said to be the only country that has pledged to support the Czech-led initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine worldwide but has not yet provided any funds for this purpose. Meanwhile, Germany has made the largest financial investment in the project.

Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza says 18 non-EU countries have joined the Czech-led initiative to source ammunition for Ukraine. Germany contributed the largest sum and did so the quickest.

Poland is supposedly the only country that has not provided any funds, although it promised to.

Barring any unforeseen developments, Czechia is set to deliver around 100,000 shells to Ukraine in September under the initiative, bringing it closer to the goal of securing half a million shells of various calibres – primarily 155 mm – by the end of the year.

In late August, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that Ukraine receives tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition every month.

The Czech Defence Ministry announced that part of the funds from the proceeds of Russian assets frozen in the EU would be used to supply ammunition to Ukraine as part of the Czech-led initiative.