PHOENIX — An Arizona-based ammunition company is offering to donate 1 million bullets to Ukraine’s military amid Russia’s invasion of its European neighbor.
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CEO Fred Wagenhals of AMMO Inc. on Friday said it was his response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appeal for international assistance.
There was no immediate indication whether the U.S. government will approve the proposed export of the ammunition, which has a retail of about $700,000, Phoenix television station KSAZ-TV reported.
The company is based in Scottsdale, a Phoenix suburb.
An infantry soldier carries about 200 rounds. (Seven 30-round magazines + 210 rounds.) Five soldiers carry a thousand rounds. Five thousand soldiers carry a million rounds.
So while symbolic actions are important, this is just a symbolic action.