[FtrPilot]

The German Ministry of Defence announced today that Germany alone plans to provide around 500,000 of the total of 2 million artillery shells that the EU intends to supply to #Ukraine this year.

This is an increase of around 130,000 artillery shells compared to the forecast published in late February, where the MoD stated that it plans to provide 370,000 artillery shells this year and hopes to deliver even more in the end. Just a guess from my side, but I assume that increase represents round about the number of artillery shells included in the €3 billion package for which the funding got approved in March.

According to publicly available information, Germany has already delivered 92,000 artillery shells this year — consisting of 23,000 122mm HE shells and 69,000 155mm HE shells.

https://x.com/deaidua/status/1908154364293783596

[FtrPilot]

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 "The flow of US weapons and intelligence to Ukraine will continue, despite the fact that the American side will not participate in the Ramstein meeting in Brussels," — NATO Secretary General Rutte

https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1908125558916931607

[BeauBo]

Kyiv Independent:

“The Norwegian government approved an increase in aid to Ukraine in 2025, raising total assistance to 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($7.8 billion), state broadcaster NRK reported on April 4...

...”We are tripling our military support,” Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg (former NATO Secretary General) said, adding that the funds would be spent abroad to avoid putting pressure on Norway’s economy.”