The Council of the European Union (EU) this Thursday adopted the seventh military assistance package for Ukraine worth 500 million euros and an amount of 45 million to finance the Military Assistance Mission.
According to the statement of the Council, the seventh assistance package for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, provided through the European Peace Support Mechanism (MEAP), was adopted this Thursday in Brussels as part of the EU-Ukraine summit, on Friday the fair in Kyiv and increases the European contribution to 3.6 billion Euro.
Member States have also given the green light to a new allocation of 45 million euros to fund the EU Military Assistance Mission (UEMAM Ukraine), which is intended to “provide essential non-lethal equipment and supplies, as well as support services for training activities.”
The EU argues that “the mobilization of assistance and additional military support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, trained by the EUMM in Ukraine, demonstrates that the EU remains steadfast in its support for the Ukrainian armed forces in defending the country from the escalation of illegal aggression.
The EU supports Ukraine in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity threatened by the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
On Friday, the 24th EU-Ukraine Summit is taking place, in which, in addition to von der Leyen, the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the head of the Ukrainian state Volodymyr Zelensky take part, where the EU accession process is underway. table, among other topics.
MEAP, launched in March 2021, is a new financial instrument to promote the EU’s security and defense capabilities and help maintain world peace with an allocation of 5 billion euros for the period 2021-2027, to be funded by EU member states. .
The military offensive launched by Russia on February 24, 2022 in Ukraine has caused the flight of more than 14 million people to date – 6.5 million internally displaced people and almost eight million to European countries – according to the latest UN figures, which classify this migrant crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
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Source: CM Jornal
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