Europe needs to make great strides in increasing the capacity of its defense industry, and can only do this by working together within the EU and with Ukraine, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren told the Kyiv Independent on March 20. The ammunition initiative, launched by Czechia in February amid increasingly dire reports concerning Ukraine’s munitions shortages on the front and involving the Netherlands, is an example of such cooperation. It’s not the first time the Dutch have joined forces with other European countries to provide support to Ukraine. As a leading member of the fighter jet…