Diplomats will consider allocating a tranche of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 500 million euros and another 45 million euros to finance a military training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
EU foreign ministers will discuss military support for Ukraine, including the transfer of tanks. This is what the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said before the meeting on Monday, January 23.
He noted that today’s meeting of the European Council for External Affairs will be devoted to military aid for Ukraine.
“We’re going to start with the Ukrainian war. We’re going to start with how to continue military support for Ukraine,” Borrell said.
He added that the ministers will discuss a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 500 million euros and the allocation of another 45 million euros to fund a military training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the level of support , taking into account the commitments made by EU countries at a recent meeting in Ramstein.
According to Borrell, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will take part in the discussion, joining via video link.
Borrell believes that the last meeting in the Ramstein format was productive. He emphasized that not only the transfer of tanks was discussed here, but this issue will be on the agenda of the meeting of foreign ministers today.
He expressed hope that a political decision on the tanks would be made, and a formal decision would be agreed later.
Recall that on January 20, during Ramstein-8, no decision was made to move tanks to Ukraine. At the same time, Germany made it clear that they are preparing to deliver the Leopard 2 tanks as soon as possible if a decision is made in favor of the delivery.
Later, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said Ukraine had agreed to train its tank crews on German Leopard 2 tanks.
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Source: korrespondent
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