Holland to contribute 100 million euros for Czech initiative to buy ammunition for Ukraine

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Monday that the Netherlands will donate 100 million euros, or $108.47 million, to a Czech initiative to purchase weapons for Ukraine from other nations.

Rutte was speaking following an assembly called by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to strengthen backing for Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion.

“I hope other countries will follow,” said Rutte, who is the frontrunner to become the next secretary general of NATO. He said the countries that would provide the munitions had asked not to be identified.

Speaking after the Paris meeting, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala claimed that over fifteen nations had expressed interest in the project, which centered on locating artillery ammunition that Ukraine desperately required on international markets.

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“A number of states in the midst of the negotiations signed up to the initiative, or my colleagues told me that they would discuss it quickly,” Fiala told the media.

“I think that in the end, the action will have a lot of support in this way, so I estimate it to be 15 states,” he added.

According to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, nations present at the Paris meeting had instructed their defense ministers to devise strategies over the next ten days for supplying Ukraine with additional weapons.

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