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Borrell proposes to EU leaders to double the shipment of arms to Ukraine with another 500 million euros

Borrell proposes to EU leaders to double the shipment of arms to Ukraine with another 500 million euros

On the other hand, Ukraine has cut the state budget to allocate 1.5 billion euros to Defense.

The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, will propose to the leaders of the Twenty-seven to double military assistance to Ukraine with another 500 million euros in weapons, through the European Peace Mechanism.

“We will increase our contribution to military support for Ukraine by another 500 million”, assured the head of community diplomacy upon arrival at the second day of the informal summit of heads of state and government, which is being held in Versailles, France.

Now it will be up to the leaders to give formal approval to this proposal to expand the coverage of the European Peace Mechanism, used for the first time to send weapons to a third country at war.

In any case, Borrell has advanced that there are no differences between the Twenty-seven and that there will be an agreement at the level of leaders to send more weapons in the coming days, after pointing out that “everyone is aware” that military support must be reinforced to Kiev and increase the pressure against Russia.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian Council of Ministers recalled this Friday the state budget to allocate 50 billion hryvnias (about 1.5 billion euros) to the Defense budget.

The Government thus seeks to meet the country’s needs in terms of defense against the invasion of the territory by Russia, as reported by the Ukrinform news agency.

The authorities have confirmed the decision in a decree published by the Government, in which it indicates that the budget allocated to Parliament has been significantly reduced, some 295 million hryvnias (about nine million euros).

Likewise, the funds allocated to several ministerial programs have been reduced. The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. Russian troops have bombed areas in Kiev, Chernigov, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kherson and Yitomir, among others.


Source: Eitb

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