The European Union and aims to maintain the status of a non-participant in the conflicts on the territory of Ukraine.
The reluctance of the EU to obtain the status of a participant in the conflicts on the territory of Ukraine should not be an obstacle to providing Kyiv with all the necessary assistance. This was announced on Sunday, January 22, by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Diario.
“We have always had a desire to avoid escalation, and when helping Ukraine, we have always been careful to maintain the status of non-participants in the war. But aid to Ukraine should not be limited to this,” Borrell said.
Speaking about the provision of heavy weapons to Ukraine, he noted that the reluctance to send them to the east was largely due to this specific precaution.
“But when you see how the country is destroyed and civilians are being killed indiscriminately, you have to ask yourself again,” the diplomat said.
He believes that in the current situation, “Europe should take this risk” and start providing Ukraine with all the weapons it needs.
Remember, German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said that Germany would not object if Poland sends German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Earlier, the American publication Business Insider reported that the German Ministry of Defense deliberately delayed the inventory of existing Leopard tanks in order not to create additional expectations and pressure on the government regarding their possible transfer to Ukraine. According to the publication, such an order was given only today, upon the arrival of the new head of the Ministry of Defense.
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Source: korrespondent
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