This makes no sense. How - after two years of war - when one asuumes close and real counts of munitions have been made,, can so much ammo have beemn " misplaced " ? It is also far too much ( I guess ) o hav been stored in one depot, so how can distributed stocks have been "forgotten " ?
Previously discussed - they’ve located supplies outside Europe which can be purchased and, since the EU can’t the target of 1M rounds this year, for some of the funds to be released to buy them.
At the moment the French, amongst the other EU manufacturers, are saying no, they keep the funds and just deliver late.
In the meantime the Ukrainians at the front are dying for lack of shells….