Netherlands pledges additional EUR 150 million to Czech shells for Ukraine plan

The Netherlands has promised to contribute another 150 million euros to the Czech initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine from countries outside the EU, news agency Reuters reports. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced this on a visit to Ukraine on Friday. The Netherlands already pledged to contribute 100 million euros at a summit in Paris on Monday, so this now means a total Dutch contribution to the initiative of 250 million euros.