The EU summit urged to speed up work on the Callas initiative for military assistance to Ukraine

Kai Callas. Photo – Getty Images

The European Council has called on the EU Council to accelerate the work on the initiative of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Kai Callas to approve new multi -billion dollar military assistance package to Ukraine from the European Union.

Source: This is stated in the document on Ukraine, approved by the European Council on March 6, which was supported by 26 EU countries (except Hungary), the text of which is at disposal “European Truth”

Details: The document signed by all EU leaders except Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban states that Ukraine's military support should increase, in particular, in accordance with the proposal of the high EU representative on foreign affairs.

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« The European Council has analyzed the work on providing military support to Ukraine. In addition to the funds already allocated to Ukraine this year, it welcomes the readiness of Member States to urgently intensify efforts to meet the urgent military and defense needs document.

The European Council, in particular, « calls on the EU Council to quickly promote work on initiatives, in particular, a high representative, in order to coordinate Ukraine's military support from the EU, including a component of military needs within the G7 ERA initiative. »

The EU reportedly discusses the allocation of additional military assistance package to Ukraine at the initiative of Kai Callas, The volume of which can grow to 30 billion euros.

Sources have emphasized that assistance is likely to be provided in the form of combined contributions of individual Member States, not the EU official package, given Opposition by some countries – including Hungary.

The European Commissioner for Defense Andrews Kubilus confirmed the media message The plans to announce the European military aid package to Ukraine, which was first planned to report on the third anniversary of a full -scale invasion of Russia.

It is also worth recalling that « European Truth » became aware of EU plans to offer Kiev on the Armed Forces a share of credit from income from growth.