The foreign ministers of the EU states have agreed on a joint supply of ammunition to Ukraine. They want to provide one million artillery shells for defense against Russia over the next twelve months. The aim is also to end the imbalance between Russia and Ukraine: Russia fires between 20,000 and 60,000 artillery shells per day, the EU estimates, while the Ukrainian army can fire a maximum of between 2,000 and 6,000 shells. Stephan Israel knows the pitfalls of this ambitious plan.