The European Union (EU) is providing Ukraine with weapons and ammunition the country requests and rejects it as obsolete material, a community spokesman said Tuesday.
“We don’t sell outdated equipment. What we give to Ukraine, or what the EU reimburses, and what the Member States give is based primarily on the needs identified by the Ukrainian Defense Forces,” the community spokesman for foreign affairs said. Peter Stanoduring the daily press conference European Commission.
“We are giving Ukraine what you ask for, if we have it,” he stressed, adding that “as long as the weapon shoots, it is effective,” it works and, in turn, “meets the needs of Ukrainians.”
So Stano answered a question related to the information that appeared in the press about compensation received by the EU countries for the supply of weapons to Kyiv, through European Peace Support Fund (FEAP).
European political media note that some countries send old materials to Ukraine:
In particular, media outlets specializing in European politics noted today Politico, citing diplomatic sources, that countries such as Estonia send old stuff to Ukraine they no longer manufacture and then ask FEAP for a refund based on the price of more modern products.
“We don’t comment on everything that appears in the media,” said the spokesman, who made it clear anyway that “member states should disclose what they request.”
He assured that countries are “in a better position to disclose these details” and that not all of this information can be made public “in this hot phase of the war” of Russian aggression against Ukrainesince it “could give an advantage” to the enemy.
Stano recalled that the work of FEAP “is in the hands of the Member States” as it is an “intergovernmental instrument” and works with financial contributions they make outside the EU budget.
“They define criteria and procedures. All this is happening very transparently under the control of Member States,” he added.
Thus, he pointed out that the reimbursement rates were “determined in the prescribed manner”, ensuring that “everyone receives the same quota, the same percentage” for the delivered military equipment. Ukraine.
He FEAP It has already allowed countries to reimburse 3.6 billion euros for lethal and non-lethal equipment sent to Ukraine, and there will be another 2 billion to reimburse ammunition.
“But member states are giving much more,” Stano said. EFE
Source: RPP
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