“I’m sorry to say, friends, there are still ammunition in stock in Europe,” she said.
It comes as Ukrainian forces withdrew from the key eastern town of Avdiivka amid severe munitions shortages.
The Danish announcement will come as particularly welcome news in Ukraine as its military has been starved of artillery shells, forcing it to scale back some operations, Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavsky told Reuters in December.
“There’s a problem with ammunition, especially post-Soviet [shells] – that’s 122mm, 152mm. And today, these problems exist across the entire front line,” he said.
The Czech Republic also said it could supply 800,000 shells to the Ukrainian military.
Czech President Petr Pavel said in a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that it had a stockpile of about half a million 155mm and 300,000 122mm shells, which can be on the Ukraine front line in a few weeks “if funding is found quickly”.
‘Eternal glory’: Putin hails Russia’s ‘important victory’ in Ukraine’s Avdiivka
‘Eternal glory’: Putin hails Russia’s ‘important victory’ in Ukraine’s Avdiivka
Denmark has pledged €8.4 billion, around US$9 billion, in military aid.
With a crucial US$60 billion US aid package stalled in the US Congress, European support is becoming ever more important for Ukraine.
“This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine. The EU is taking leadership and responsibility in support for Ukraine; we know what is at stake,” President of the European Council Charles Michel said at the time, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, Russian troops launched multiple attacks to the west of the recently captured Avdiivka in a bid to force more gains on the battlefield, Ukrainian army spokesman Dmytro Lykhovy said on Sunday.
Facing manpower and ammunition shortages, Ukraine was forced to withdraw from the industrial hub in the eastern Donetsk region, handing Moscow its first major territorial gain since May 2023.
“The enemy is trying to actively develop its offensive,” Lykhovy, a spokesman for the army commander leading Kyiv’s troops in the area, said on state television.
Ukraine’s general staff reported 14 failed Russian attacks on the village of Lastochkyne, around 2km (one mile) to the west of Avdiivka’s northern edge.
“But our considerable forces are entrenched there,” Lykhovy said.
‘We don’t sell weapons to conflict zones’: China makes pledge to Ukraine in Munich
‘We don’t sell weapons to conflict zones’: China makes pledge to Ukraine in Munich
Lykhovy also reported failed Russian attacks near the villages of Robotyne and Verbove in the southern Zaporizhzhia region – one of the few places where Ukraine managed to regain ground during last year’s counteroffensive.
But he said it would be “very difficult” for Russia to break through there, given heavy Ukrainian defensive lines and natural conditions of the terrain.
“The situation in the Zaporizhzhia sector is stable. No positions have been lost in the Zaporizhzhia sector,” he said.
“The enemy was kicked in the teeth and retreated,” he added.
Putin on Saturday hailed the capture of Avdiivka as an “important victory” for his troops, just days ahead of the second anniversary of the invasion.
Russia’s capture of the town has raised fears its forces could now try to advance further into the Donetsk region, which it claims to have annexed.
Kyiv’s newly installed commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky vowed on Sunday his forces would “eventually return to our Ukrainian Avdiivka”.
Concerns are growing in Kyiv and the West over Ukraine’s ability to thwart a renewed Russian offensive without unlocking the stalled US aid package.
“Ukraine’s military was forced to withdraw from Avdiivka after Ukrainian soldiers had to ration ammunition due to dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction, resulting in Russia’s first notable gain in months,” the White House said in a readout of a call between Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse