"Words alone will not stop Putin": EU top diplomat calls for accelerating military aid to Ukraine, including air defense

The European Union should provide more military assistance, including air defense systems and surface-to-air missiles, to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia's barbaric attacks on its population and infrastructure. This was stated on April 11 by EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell, who said he expected "bold decisions" at a joint meeting of the bloc's foreign and defense ministers on April 22, UNN reports.

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The EU High Representative pointed out that on the night of April 11, "Russia once again struck Ukraine with barbaric attacks on its population and critical infrastructure." 

Words alone will not stop Putin. We must deliver more military support. Today (April 11 - ed.), I wrote to EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers ahead of the FAC on 22 April. We must speed up and expand our military support to Ukraine. We must provide Ukraine with air defence systems to intercept Russia’s missiles, protect cities & critical infrastructure. Ukraine needs surface-to-air missile batteries

The head of EU diplomacy emphasized that "donations will make a difference between life and death."

"We are doing a lot. €31 billion to military assistance to Ukraine and we are supporting our defence industry to ramp up missile and ammunition production in Europe. We will do more. We must empower Ukraine’s defence industry. The Ukraine Assistance Fund will be instrumental to procure, produce and deliver ammunitions," Borrell said.

He also noted that he had proposed the Ukrainian Government to co-host the Ukraine Defence Industry Forum in May.

I expect bold decisions at the joint EU Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting on April 22 with Dmytro Kuleba and Rustem Umerov. The EU will support Ukraine with whatever it takes

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