Nato signs billion-dollar artillery ammunition contract to replenish allied supplies

Russia’s arms industry far outweighs Ukraine’s and Kyiv needs help to match Moscow’s firepower.

Russia’s arms industry far outweighs Ukraine’s and Kyiv needs help to match Moscow’s firepower (Andrii Marienko/AP)

Nato has signed a $1.2 billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its member countries as they supply ammunition to Ukraine to help it defeat Russia’s invasion.

The contract will allow for the purchase of 220,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition, the most widely sought-after artillery shell, according to Nato’s support and procurement agency.