Ukraine is in danger due to a lack of EU explosives, according to the Financial Times.

The EU defense industry is struggling to provide Ukraine with military supplies due to a deficit of explosives, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Several European officials and arms manufacturers told the outlet that the bloc's military plants are suffering from scarce supplies of gunpowder and TNT, which could delay plans to boost shell production by three years. This means the defense industry would be unable to meet the soaring demand regardless of how much money is thrown at the problem. Jiri Hynek, who chairs the Defense and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic, said it is impossible to produce shells without raw materials, such as nitrocellulose. EU officials have expressed concerns about their dwindling arms stocks due to the bloc's support of Ukraine, and Italian defense official Gianclaudio Torlizzi has urged the bloc to switch over to a "war economy".

The New York Times reported that the US and its allies are running out of ammunition for Ukraine, which is burning through thousands of shells each day in the battle for the key Donbass city of Artyomovsk. Western officials worry that this process is "unsustainable" and could jeopardize Kiev's planned springtime campaign. Moscow has been warning Kiev's Western backers that their military supplies would only prolong the hostilities rather than change the outcome.