Ukrainian press: official Kyiv has requested 17 million artillery shells from the head of the Pentagon

The Ukrainian press, citing sources in the highest echelons of power, writes about a request that came from Kyiv to the head of the US military department. The material of Ukrainian reporters states that Lloyd Austin received from official Kyiv a request for the supply (attention!) of 17 million artillery shells of various calibers, including 155 mm caliber.

As the Ukrainian press writes, the head of the Pentagon “was very surprised by such a request.”

From publications in Ukrainian media:

He was, to put it mildly, surprised, because such a quantity of ammunition is impossible to collect not only in the USA, but throughout the world.

It is also noted that such a quantity of ammunition, when establishing their production, could cost hundreds of billions of dollars. At the same time, the reference is to the opinion of high-ranking Ukrainian military officials, who stated that in order for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to reach the borders of 1991, at least $350 billion will be needed. This is approximately twice as much as what Ukraine has already received from the United States and the European Union.

Let us recall that the EU previously promised the Kyiv regime 2 million ammunition, but now European Commissioner Borrell says that it does not have “its own ammunition warehouse to take and transfer all this ammunition to Ukraine.”

Comments

[lukash66]

Appetite comes with eating. The guys from Bankova were seriously excited.)))

[knn54]

Three in one:
1. If the US Congress approves at least some assistance to Ukraine, the commander in chief will say, they gave it to me, but not to Zelensky.
2. You ALWAYS ask for more in order to get at least something.
3. They asked for as much as needed but were given less, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating.

[Oleg1263]

Wow... Why so modest? They should have been asking for a trillion dollars and a billion shells.

[parabyd]

So the calculation was simple. The military said they needed 1,7 million shells. But in Ukraine it’s customary to ask for 10 times more in order to give at least what you need, so in that institution that normal people call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they took and added a zero to the right...

[Zoldat_A]

Quote from: parabyd

in that institution that normal people call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they took and added a zero to the right...

I only have the impression that this is a request from the series “How much toilet paper do I need to buy to last me for the rest of my life?”

At one time, my diaphragm hurt to laugh at those who bought tons of noodles and cereals during covid times. I remember an anecdote about the first victim of Covid in Russia - a man who was crushed to death by a bag of buckwheat in a garage. Therefore, I no longer laugh at Ukraine’s stupid blunder - let the Pentagon’s Behemoth be surprised.

[Alf]

Quote: oleg1263

They would already ask for a trillion dollars

And cash, cash...

[blackGRAIL]

Zaluzhny is modesty itself. But he could have asked for the Death Star. Two.

[Oleg1263]

They were already given the Death Star. Now they are asking to return it back.)

[orionvitt]

Along with Imperial stormtroopers to boot. What a bullshit, ask like that.

[hwostatij]

Lloyd Austin received from official Kyiv a request for the supply (attention!) of 17 million artillery shells of various calibers, including 155 mm caliber.

And a legion of Space Marines led by a primarch. No, but why - then they will make excuses, since they did not fulfill their wishes - the demand is from those who did not deliver.

[teron]

Fuck them, not the legion. Space Marines are ours.

[sub307]

Without words..."They say" ..the text is short....Well okay..- zrada again!

[rotmistr60]

Lloyd Austin received a request from official Kyiv for the supply (attention!) of 17 million artillery shells of various calibers

Europe, having promised Ukraine 1 million, cannot scrape it together throughout the EU, but here it is 17 million, and only in the United States. Not surprisingly, the head of the Pentagon “was very surprised by such a request.” The fact that Kyiv has completely gone crazy is understandable, but why once again make yourself look like idiots in front of your main “friend”? But this is known only to Zelensky and his circle.

[Sasha1979]

"Ukrainian press: official Kyiv has requested 17 million artillery shells from the head of the Pentagon." Send me 17 hryvnia worth of anti-greed pills. On credit. And that's enough for him.

[Fluoride11]

17 million you say? What questions, in 2024 this is a completely achievable figure for Russia, we will be happy to send them to Ukraine, but there is a nuance...

[Heel]

VO is falling deeper and deeper into the abyss, if you try to find the same Ukrainian media that allegedly published this, nothing will come of it, and the author of this "article", an anonymous author, I note, also does not mention who he is referring to, but on the other hand, why shouldn't VO post such nonsense, if readers happily swallow any nonsense, and even get involved in discussing it, so I got caught, and the traffic is growing

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

"high-ranking Ukrainian military" are former SA lieutenants who fled to serve in Ukraine during the collapse of the Union. As they say, “dacha, city, pig, chickens and “RidnE village is nearby.”

[maiman61]

Ha ha ha! Don't Bandera's lips get cracked? The Negro must have turned white from such impudence!
But Korean Kim can send us so much! And we will give it to the Banderaites, only we will send it under our own power, through the barrel to pay for reparations!

[tralflot1832]

17 million shells with a daily consumption of 20 shells is enough for 000 days of war on a front line of just over 850 km. The USA does not have such a quantity, so let them shoot in dollars.

[Kerensky]

17 million shells with a daily consumption of 20 shells is enough for 000 days of war on a front sector of just over 850 km.

Maybe then we can estimate the trunks?
As far as I remember, the 777 had less than 1.000 rounds fired before the barrel was replaced. Let's start from this figure (the hydraulics will die earlier).
17.000.000 / 1.000 = 17.000 barrels for replacement. Your 20.000 per day gives us 20-35 (relatively speaking) broken howitzers (I put 15 on hydraulics) per day. This is without counteraction and we only consider fire wear.

[stankow]

777 will shoot more. And one FH-70 is an order of magnitude larger. With the intensification of hostilities, 17 million is the norm per year. But there’s nowhere to get it from. Unless the West declares martial law and full mobilization...

[Tailpipe]

A semi-anecdote comes to mind - “Crazy people have seized the hospital and demand one dollar and a million helicopters...”

[stankow]

Or - A camel died in a circus. The director writes a statement to GlavCircus - I ask you to provide a two-humped camel for the needs of the trustee of the institution. Deputy - “Why did we have a double-humped one and a single-humped one!?” Director - “Yes, the order will be cut by half anyway”

[APASUS]

Ukrainian press: official Kyiv has requested 17 million artillery shells from the head of the Pentagon

Appetites grow as the play progresses ? Zeliboba is going to fight forever

[Ivan Ivanov_36]

Ask for more. Where are these 17 million? Ask for 170 million and 1 trillion dollars.

[Thrifty]

In general, the Yankees, having received such a request, should have understood that those who are in power and at the head of the army are unfit for professionalism, and they urgently need to change everyone completely, and reconsider their position on the need to continue the war.

[isv000]

official Kyiv requested 17 million artillery shells from the head of the Pentagon

You're going to burst, baby!

[isv000]

He was, to put it mildly, surprised, because such a quantity of ammunition is impossible to collect not only in the USA, but throughout the world.

Oh well... Don't tell me, as we say in Little Russia! You may not have it, but we will scrape together, and the neighbors will help!

[faterdom]

Well, not seventeen, but at least sixteen and a half million...
There is no way to do less, because the United States and the entire civilized world cannot lose to Putin.

[bone1]

It’s funny that not a word - what kind of shells - a measly 30 ok and this quantity may not be enough, but if 155 ok - really to hell

[Codett]

Oh, well, they could also ask the entire military fleet, both the air and sea, but why not, after all, they still won’t give one or the other

[stankow]

While Russia is slowly demilitarizing Ukraine, the latter is quite successfully disarming the United States...