Revealed: Europe’s production of crucial ammunition fails to meet Brussels’ promises to Ukraine
By Laurens Groeneveld (editor until September 2025), Iliès Hagoug | 8 July, 2024
Europe says it will produce some 1.5 million shells by the end of the year and send many to Ukraine, where they’re set to play a “game changing” role in defence against Russia. An investigation shows that the bloc is falling far short of producing the promised numbers, putting not only the security of Ukraine but also of Europe at risk.
Read the article at Follow the Money, in English or in Dutch. You can also read our stories in Welt, Eesti Ekspress (Delfi Estonia), Iltalehti, Frontstory.pl, Investigace.cz, Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Thanks to all journalists who collaborated on this cross-border investigation: Hans-Martin Tillack, Iliès Hagoug, Laurens Groeneveld, Oliver Kund, Jarno Liski, Aino Vasankari, Daniel Flis, Zuzana Sotova, Robert Barca, Lukáš Diko, Anna Myroniuk en Valeryia Egoshina.
More investigations
Netherlands Health Council removes professor with ties to the liquor industry from advisory committee
Professor Joline Beulens, an internationally renowned lifestyle researcher working at the Amsterdam UMC, is no longer a member of the Health Council’s
Toxic Trains Dossier
This dossier is the result of a five months-long collaboration of five European journalists. Together, they investigated the transportation of ammonia
How the chemical industry doctored a new EU approval of a contested pesticide
There is growing evidence that glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weedkiller, carries serious risks for human health and the environment. Even s
This is the warning Big Alcohol wants to keep off your bottles of beer
Ireland was set to become the first EU country to put cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks. But following a massive lobby campaign by Big Booze –
The hidden world behind illegal vapes
More and more Dutch young people are becoming addicted to vaping. This is not surprising, as illegal vapes with sweet flavors and excessive nicotine l
The Netherlands provides military resources to dubious regimes
Over the past decade, foreign trade ministers granted permits worth hundreds of millions for military exports to countries where there was a serious r
