EU’s arms finance plan will ship defensive weapons to Ukraine

Excessive Consultant of the European Union for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage Josep Borrell attends a information convention with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, after Russia launched a large army operation towards Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, February 27, 2022. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool through REUTERS

BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) – EU defence ministers will focus on plans on Monday to collectively finance deliveries of weapons price 500 million euros to Ukraine, and these will embrace a variety of defensive arms to repel Russian forces, the bloc’s international coverage chief stated.

“Member states have to offer these arms, they should coordinate with what they’re doing … with these sources,” Josep Borrell stated forward of the digital assembly of European Union defence ministers.

“The battle is fierce, Kyiv is resisting … and Russia is paying a excessive toll in variety of casualties, however we’ve to offer the munitions, we’ve to offer the high-calibre weapons and anti-tank tools. Additionally gasoline … for the tanks, for the planes, all that needs to be coordinated.”

Reporting by Tassilo Hummel and John Chalmers
Enhancing by Ingrid Melander

Our Requirements: The Thomson Reuters Belief Ideas.