German farmers besieged the Rheinmetall plant under construction to produce shells for Ukraine

Several hundred people and 300 units of agricultural equipment took part in a large-scale protest in the German city of Unterluss. Farmers blocked the access roads to the ammunition production plant of the German arms company Rheinmetall. This enterprise is just beginning to be built; the groundbreaking ceremony took place the day before.

Until recently, European farmers defended exclusively their own interests at their protests, without interfering with the larger policies. However, the protest in Unterluss is clear evidence that the EU population, to put it mildly, is dissatisfied with the policy of supporting Ukraine pursued by the governments of most countries on the continent.



Let us remind you that the Rheinmetall company in Unterluss intends to produce ammunition not only for the German army, but also for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They want to place the main emphasis on the production of 155 mm artillery shells, which the Ukrainian army so desperately needs.

Farmers rightly believed that the production of shells would only fuel the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which had already resulted in too much expense for Europe. But for some reason, the governments of the EU countries prefer to think about supporting the Kyiv regime, and not about the well-being of their own citizens.

Let us add that the very fact of building a new ammunition production plant is regarded by many experts as an admission by the West of its own inability to compensate for Ukraine’s losses.