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 by AFP Staff Writers Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2022
The EU is looking to give more money to Ukraine for military spending as it battles Russian forces, adding to billions of euros already sent, the bloc's diplomacy chief said Tuesday. He did not give a figure, but the EU has already sent 2.5 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in total to Ukraine and his office indicated it would be of the same magnitude as the five previous tranches, each 500 million euros. "We'll be putting some concrete requests on the table soon. We're going to move up to the sixth military assistance tranche coming up via the European Peace Facility," Josep Borrell told the European Parliament. Ukraine uses the money to pay for weapons as it fights a Russian invasion. NATO countries have also supplied material from their arsenals. In recent days, Ukrainian forces armed with sophisticated Western rockets and artillery sent Russian troops into hasty retreat in an eastern region of the country. The EU in addition has agreed to provide nine billion euros in non-military funding to Ukraine. One billion of that has already been given, with another five billion euros authorised. Borrell said the outstanding three billion euros depended on member states giving assent. "No doubt a lot more must be done. But that's what international financial institutions are there for, not just the European Union," he said, noting that Kyiv was holding talks with the International Monetary Fund.
Copenhagen to train Ukrainian soldiers in Denmark Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 Denmark will train Ukrainian soldiers on its territory, the defence minister said on Tuesday, as it steps up its support to Kyiv's army against the Russian invasion. The programme appears to be similar to that in Britain where the government in London has begun training up to 10,000 inexperienced Ukrainian military recruits since July. "There will be training in Denmark. I cannot give more details but the Ukrainian army will be training in Denmark," Defence Minister Morten Bodskov told Danish ne ... read more
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