EU to increase military aid to Ukraine to more than 3 billion euros — Borrell

The EU wants to seek a diplomatic solution to russia's war against Ukraine but will respond strongly to any russian attempts to escalate further and will increase direct military aid to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to more than €3 billion.

This was stated by EU High Representative Josep Borrell on October 13 in Brussels before participating in the NATO defense ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters, Ukrinform reports.

"I will inform the NATO member states that we intend to approve, hopefully, next Monday in Luxembourg, a new tranche of our military support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This amount will reach more than 3 billion euros at the expense of the resources of the European Peace Fund. I will also inform them about the establishment of a military training mission to support the Ukrainian army," Borrell said.

He emphasized that while russia continues to take provocative actions to escalate this war, the EU remains steadfast in continuing to provide assistance to Ukraine for as long as necessary and in the amounts that will be necessary.

"At a time when putin is escalating, we must remain resolute in providing as much support to Ukraine as necessary and for as long as necessary. We will continue to provide military support to stop any russian attacks and any actions to escalate the war. We want to find a diplomatic solution to this war as soon as possible, but we will respond by increasing military aid to Ukraine to prevent any escalation by russia," Borrell stressed.

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On October 12-13, a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers is taking place in Brussels. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group under the auspices of the United States (Ramstein) was held yesterday, with the participation of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.