NATO officials have finalized a $1.2 billion contract to purchase “hundreds of thousands of rounds of 155-millimeter artillery ammunition,” one day after Russia claimed that Western aid is a gift to the U.S. economy.

“Russia’s war in Ukraine has become a battle for ammunition, so it is important that allies refill their own stocks as we continue to support Ukraine,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday. 

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