Ukraine invites arms manufacturers to Kyiv as NATO leaders demand greater urgency in production
NATO's military leaders say governments and industry need to provide urgent solutions if allies are to continue supporting Ukraine.
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00:00 The arms manufacturers displaying their wares in London this month are being invited to
00:06 Ukraine.
00:07 President Zelensky has announced an international defence industries forum inviting scores of
00:12 companies from 21 countries.
00:15 While demand is clearly there, supply is becoming a challenge for NATO allies.
00:19 Now we see that we are giving away weapons and at the same time we are ordering new ones.
00:24 And they are not in balance.
00:27 So that's why the call to the industry and the governments to have a more intense debate
00:34 and a higher sense of urgency to solve the problem.
00:40 Ukrainian military footage from Avdika near Bakhmut shows just how urgent the need for
00:44 guns and ammunition is to those on the front line.
00:48 Both sides claim to hold what's left of this village as they fight over every square metre
00:53 of an obliterated landscape.
00:57 [SWOOSH]