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EU Depleted Military Stockpiles Helping Ukraine - Borrell

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that the bloc had run out of military stockpiles as it continued to supply weapons to... 11.12.2022, Sputnik International

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"We have given weapons to Ukraine, but in so doing, we realised that our military stockpiles have been depleted," he said in a statement.Borrell also pointed out that the Ukraine conflict had been "a wake-up call" for the European Union about its military capabilities.This is at least the second time Borrell has warned about Europe depleting its military stockpiles. At that month's UN General Assembly meeting, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO members need to reinvest in their arms industry.

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EU Depleted Military Stockpiles Helping Ukraine - Borrell

19:48 GMT 11.12.2022

© AFP 2023 / BARTEK SADOWSKIEU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press briefing at the EUMAM training mission centre, where soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces are trained by EU armed forces, near Brzeg, Poland on December 2, 2022.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press briefing at the EUMAM training mission centre, where soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces are trained by EU armed forces, near Brzeg, Poland on December 2, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.12.2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that the bloc had run out of military stockpiles as it continued to supply weapons to Ukraine amid ongoing hostilities.

"We have given weapons to Ukraine, but in so doing, we realised that our military stockpiles have been depleted," he said in a statement.

Borrell also pointed out that the Ukraine conflict had been "a wake-up call" for the European Union about its military capabilities.

This is at least the second time Borrell has warned about Europe depleting its military stockpiles.

In September, Borrell stated that "The military stocks of most [European NATO] member states have been, I wouldn’t say exhausted, but depleted in a high proportion, because we have been providing a lot of capacity to the Ukrainians."

At that month's UN General Assembly meeting, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO members need to reinvest in their arms industry.