Czechia is pushing EU countries to finance the purchase of what it estimates is 450,000 artillery munitions available outside the bloc, writes Politico. “Europe is falling way short on its pledge to send 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine by March, and the Czechs say it’s high time to look beyond the borders of the EU for supplies,” the article says. France has led calls for Europe to build up its industrial capacity to supply ammunition to Ukraine. However, the EU now declares that 524,000 shells will be delivered to Ukraine by the March deadline, while only 1.1 million have been promised …