Bush said this during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

“We are already on track to produce about 70-80 thousand shells per month by the end of this calendar year,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to Bush, such indicators will allow Washington to provide Kyiv with more comprehensive assistance, as well as replenish its own ammunition reserves and those of its allies.

In addition, he noted, the United States is increasing the production of Javelin anti-tank missiles, GMLRS guided missiles, as well as Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems.

Earlier, The New York Times wrote that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, due to a lack of people and ammunition, “gave the initiative” to Russian forces.