US to buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korea in bid to boost Ukraine's diminishing stockpiles, but Seoul says 'end user' will be Washington
Seoul confirms talks are going on over an unspecified number of 155-millimetre artillery shells but says Washington would be the"end user" of the lethal weapons.
The agreement comes as Ukrainian leaders press for more weapons and aid to take advantage of a counteroffensive that is pushing Russian forces out of some areas they had taken over earlier in the conflict. And it relieves concerns within the US military — particularly the Army and the Marine Corps — who are worried that persistent transfers of the Pentagon's howitzer ammunition to Ukraine are eating into their stockpiles.
Last week in a defence official briefing reporters said Ukraine was burning through as many as 7,000 rounds of ammunition a day, while Russia was firing as much as 20,000 rounds daily.READ MORE: Until now, South Korea had previously limited its support for Ukraine to non-lethal equipment and supplies. In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed South Korea to provide lethal arms after Russia’s attack on Mariupol.
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