NATO's Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) in the southern German town of Ulm started operating in 2021.
"At the heyday of the war in Ukraine, Russia fired 50,000 artillery shells per day.
As it is, NATO forces have to navigate a variety of national regulations, stretching from the advance-notice required before ammunition can be shipped to the permissible length of military convoys and disease prophylaxis.
"We have a surplus of regulations, but the one thing we don't have is time," warned Admiral Rob Bauer, head of NATO's military committee.
"Russia's war against Ukraine has proven to be a war of attrition – and a war of attrition is a battle of logistics."
Persons:
Alexander Sollfrank, Sollfrank, Rob Bauer, Sabine Siebold, Christina Fincher
Organizations:
Europe NATO, NATO, Reuters, Command, Warsaw, EU, Thomson
Locations:
Europe, BRUSSELS, Russia, Ulm, Ukraine, Germany, Moscow