Ukraine finds itself under pressure on the battlefield as Europe tries to boost its small production of artillery shells and missiles, according to The Economist. As noted in the article, in January, the EU admitted that it had fallen far short of its commitment to provide Ukraine with 1 million shells by March 2024. In March, the bloc allocated 500 million euros to increase production. But the bottleneck is the one that was the last thing on everyone’s mind until recently: the lack of explosives. The scheme in question is called the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP), and three-qu…