EU hopeful of sealing deal to supply Ukraine with €2bn of ammunition
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#69ZWF)
Bloc's most senior diplomat says procurement needs to be quick, cheap and in the necessary amounts' to replenish dwindling stocks
EU ministers are hopeful of finalising an agreement to supply Ukraine with 2bn (1.75bn) of ammunition to bolster its defences against Russia's invasion.
The EU's most senior diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he hoped the bloc's foreign and defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday would reach an agreement on replenishing Ukraine's dwindling stocks. I hope that the ministers will, all of them, engage in a final discussion and agree on a very important decision," he told reporters. Otherwise we will be in difficulties in order to continue to supplying arms to Ukraine."
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