EU Military assistance to Ukraine in 2024 can reach a minimum €21 billion, EU High Representative Josep Borrell announced on Wednesday, after the Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) in Brussels.
During the meeting, EU Defence Ministers listened to a video message from Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov on the situation in the field and discussed the way ahead for EU support to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression.
“We asked the Member States about their commitments for this year. I still do not have a complete answer, but many Member States have sent their inputs, and I can say that, at least it is going to be €21 billion being budgeted for 2024 for military assistance to Ukraine,” Borrell told a press conference after the meeting. He added that the EU had allocated €28 billion in military support to Ukraine over the past two years.
Borrell also said ministers had agreed to add another 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers for training, bringing the total to 60,000 trained soldiers by the end of the summer.
He also said that from March last year to date, the EU has already delivered 330,000 munitions to Ukraine out of the promised 1 million.
“By March I expect this figure will be increased by around 200,000 more, thus reaching 524,000. This comes from destocking, and individual and joint procurement,” said Borrell.
Find out more
News
-
Youth centre for displaced young men and women opens in Zaporizhzhia thanks to EU and UNDP
-
Coordination Centre for Integrated Border Management opens in Ukraine with EU support
-
EIB and Ukraine reinforce safeguards for EU bank’s investments in the country
-
International community unites efforts to ensure the right of every child in Ukraine to a family: EU and UNICEF sign agreement to support implementation of the childcare and support system reform
-
EU and UNDP transfer the Case Manager Online Cabinet software to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine
-
Commission disburses additional €1.5 billion in bridge financing to Ukraine