France, Germany to build arms plant in Ukraine
France, Germany to build arms plant in
Ukraine.
International News Desk
According to global Times news Agency Europe, Germany and France said they would start producing weapons inside Ukraine as the leaders of the European Union’s two largest economies tried to move past concerns that their differences would hinder the bloc from mobilizing sufficient support for Kyiv, The Global Times Europe Media informs.Neither German Chancellor Olaf Scholz nor French President Emmanuel Macron gave details on the production plants, but German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall AG announced last month that it will open a new plant in Ukraine to produce artillery ammunition with a local joint venture partner. The partners have agreed to build and jointly operate the plant, which will produce a six-digit number of bullets per year.
