€1bn for Ukraine, €35bn for Russian energy: top EU diplomat calls out funding gap
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#5XWKC)
EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urges bloc to send more arms to Ukraine to help end the war
The EU has given 35bn (29.1bn) to Vladimir Putin for energy supplies since the start of his war and 1bn to fund Ukraine's defence, the union's top diplomat said.
Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, made the comparison in a characteristically blunt speech to the European parliament as he urged Europe to send more arms to Ukraine to help end the war.
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