EU to negotiate € 20 billion aid package for Kyiv as US support on hold
The European Union authorities are negotiating an additional military aid package worth €20 billion for Ukraine, Bloomberg has reported, citing its own sources.
Sources say the package will include the supply of artillery ammunition, air defense systems, deep-precision strike missiles, drones, and other weaponry. The aid will also be aimed at strengthening Ukrainian military brigades.
The EU intends to finalize the initiative, which involves contributions in both material and financial forms from member states and like-minded allies, at the upcoming meeting of foreign ministers, according to sources familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity. EU leaders will then need to agree on the contribution amounts and approve the package.
However, as the report noted, these timelines could be disrupted, as Hungary has already stated it will not support the initiative, while Germany is preoccupied with its own elections.
On 11 February, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that security guarantees for Ukraine from Europe alone would be ineffective without US involvement as US President Donald Trump intensified efforts to end the war quickly.
The Ukrainian president stressed the importance of continued US military aid, mentioning the Patriot air defense systems that Kyiv received from Washington, which are capable of intercepting Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as a key example of irreplaceable support.
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