The steady flow of Western military aid to Ukraine over the past 18 months has left ammunition stockpiles near the “bottom of the barrel,” a top NATO official warned Tuesday as questions mount about how long the U.S. and Europe can afford to keep backing Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Royal Netherlands navy Adm. Rob Bauer, NATO’s top military official, made clear that the massive amount of aid to Ukraine has had a real impact in a speech at the Warsaw Security Forum.
One core concern among skeptical Republicans and other critics is the effect American aid is having on the country’s stockpiles. A lack of crucial ammunition could be devastating to the U.S. if it finds itself in an unexpected battle with China in the Pacific, for example. “We’ve been very public here from the podium here saying that we’re not going to drop below certain levels,” Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters Tuesday. “But we do know that replenishing our stocks is a priority for this department, as we continue to send and flow aid to Ukraine.”
The defense secretary’s “guidance to us is, ‘Do not, in any category of munitions, take us below levels that are acceptable levels of risk.’ I’m not going to go into those details, but we monitor it very, very closely,” he said. “So we are not going to jeopardize our own national security needs and capabilities to engage in combat operations with ammunition stockages, etc. We’re not going to put ourselves at that level of risk.
EU officials traveled to Kyiv this week to offer reassurances that the aid will continue to flow. The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell said, told reporters in Kyiv on Monday that the bloc remains solidly behind Ukraine.
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