 The European Union delivered 2,300 missiles of various types to Ukraine. As part of a plan to provide Ukraine with a million artillery shells within the year, the European Union has now transferred 223,800 of such ammunition and 2,300 missiles of various types to Kiev. European Union spokesman Peter Stano told this to AFP. Member states of the European Union have delivered around 223,800 artillery ammunition, long-range self-propelled precision-guided munitions as well as mortar munitions and 2,300 missiles of all types. Stano said, in the spring, European Union member states promised to increase the supply of artillery shells to Ukraine as Ukrainian forces faced a shortage of badly needed ammunition. The countries agreed on a plan worth 2 billion euros, which provided for the supply of ammunition from their stocks and the placement of joint orders for the production of shells. The goal was to transfer a million ammunition shells to Ukraine within 12 months. In July, the European Union put into force the plan to expand the production of ammunition and missiles in connection with the needs to replenish stocks. Russian forces are burning through critical artillery shells in their fight against Russian troops, straining the stockpiles of Kiev's Western military backers, including the US and its NATO allies. To ease this burden, Washington is ramping up production of conventional 155mm munitions and plans to make hundreds of thousands more of them each year as part of a multi-pronged effort to modernise and boost its defence industrial base.