EU overseas ministers met on 24 February to debate the allocation of an extra bundle of army assist to Ukraine which might be price €30 billion.
Supply: European Pravda, citing Radio Liberty's Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak
Particulars: Jozwiak famous that the EU has nonetheless not agreed on the ultimate bundle quantity and EU leaders will talk about the problem subsequent week.
Quote from Jozwiak: "€20 billion is probably going minimal, [the amount] can go as much as €30 billion."
Background:
- Earlier, the media reported that the army assist bundle for Ukraine that the EU is getting ready to announce shortly might be price €20 billion.
- On the time it was reported that the precise quantity of assist, together with army gear, may improve even additional as negotiations between European diplomats continued.
- Sources pressured that given the opposition from some international locations, significantly Hungary, the help is more likely to be supplied within the type of mixed contributions from particular person member states somewhat than as an official EU bundle.
- Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Area, earlier confirmed media reviews of plans to announce a European army assist bundle for Ukraine, which was initially set to be unveiled on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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