The European Union has accelerated the production of shells, and over the next year, it will come up with Russia in production capacity, according to EU Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton. Breton noted that by the end of this year, the EU plans to reach the level of 1.7 million shells per year, and in 2025 to reach Russia’s production capacity, i.e. to produce 2.5 million shells per year. “We have accelerated the production of ammunition. In March 2023, we were producing 500,000 shells per year in Europe and were already better than the Americans, who were producing only 300,0…