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EU announces military aid boost for Ukraine
The bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he intends to increase military aid to Kiev to about €2 billion

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrel announced on Friday that the bloc will provide an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine amid the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

Speaking with reporters at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Germany, he explained that the new tranche, which will be the fourth provided to Kiev by the EU, will be allocated for the purchase of heavy weaponry including armored cars, tanks, and artillery, along with ammunition, and will take the bloc’s total aid to Ukraine to around €2 billion euros.

Borrell told reporters that the EU needs "a new impetus for military support” along with “more pressure on Russia with economic sanctions and continuing the international isolation of Russia and countering misinformation.”

The foreign policy chief also expressed his hope that the bloc will reach a consensus regarding an embargo on Russian oil in the coming days, noting that if an agreement is not reached at the level of ambassadors, the issue will be discussed during a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday.

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