Eastern Europe arms companies step up production for Ukraine
Weapons industry booms as Eastern Europe arms Ukraine
Eastern Europe’s arms industry is churning out rifles, artillery shells and other military supplies at a rate not seen since the Cold War, as governments in the region lead efforts to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
The Allies had been supplying weapons and military equipment to Kyiv since Russia invaded its neighbor on February 24, exhausting their own stocks along the way.
The Kiel Institute for Tracking the Global Economy showed that the United States and Britain committed the most direct military aid to Ukraine between January 24 and October 3, with Poland in third place and the Czech Republic in ninth.
Some former Warsaw Pact countries are still wary of Russia, their master in Soviet times, and see helping Ukraine as a matter of regional security.
But about a dozen government officials, companies and analysts who spoke to Reuters
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