The European Union’s foreign and security chief, Josep Borrell, has said he hopes the bloc will agree on a joint munitions procurement deal for Ukraine on Monday.
Together, the foreign affairs and defense (ministers), I hope, will finalize the agreement on providing ammunition to Ukraine,” he told reporters.
The top diplomat warned of “difficulties” in continuing to supply arms to Ukraine if an “important decision” was not reached on Monday.
EU defense ministers earlier this month tentatively agreed a 2 billion euro ($2.1 billion) plan to buy 155 millimeter artillery shells and send more artillery rounds to Ukraine from the EU countries’ existing stockpiles -‘s. A final decision is expected on Monday on the sidelines of the meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers in Brussels.
The Russia-Ukraine war marks the first time the EU has supplied lethal weapons to a third country, underscoring the extent of the threat it believes Moscow poses to its security.
With the war in Ukraine now in its second year, the EU – along with the United States and the United Kingdom, Kiev’s other two main backers – has reaffirmed its solidarity with Kiev.
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