EU ministers discuss €500 million in military aid to Ukraine: blockade still in place
Kyiv • UNN
EU ministers discussed but failed to approve a €500 million tranche of military aid to Ukraine due to the ongoing blockade, despite changing circumstances.
Ministers of the Council of the European Union addressed the topic of a 500 million euro tranche of military aid to Ukraine during today's discussion. So far, the "green light" has not been given, even despite the change in circumstances, Radio Liberty journalist Rickard Jozwiak reports on his page on the social network X, according to UNN.
EU foreign ministers discussed again 🇺🇦. Once again, they failed to get the green light for a €500 million tranche of military aid, which has been stuck for almost a year. Despite the fact that the bank 🇭🇺 was removed from the list, and the list itself was removed by the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency
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Earlier, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he hoped that today's meeting of EU ministers would lead to concrete steps to support Ukraineas the bloc is working daily to analyze the situation and prepare solutions to help Kyiv.
UNN also reported that the European Commission has allocated 500 million euros to increase ammunition production capacity to 2 million shells per year by the end of 2025, making a total of 2 billion euros available to strengthen the EU defense industry through various programs.
