Brussels: Europe does not have enough money to supply ammunition to Ukraine

The European Union's foreign policy official said that Brussels does not have the financial capacity to provide arms to Ukraine. According to Reuters, Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy official, said on Sunday that the European Union has sufficient capacity to produce ammunition for Ukraine, but is facing a lack of funds.

Feb 18, 2024 - 20:10
Brussels: Europe does not have enough money to supply ammunition to Ukraine
Brussels: Europe does not have enough money to supply ammunition to Ukraine

The European Union foreign policy official emphasized that the supply of ammunition to Ukraine is very important. Josep Borrell confirmed the words of the Ukrainian president about the country's need for weapons and said that Europe should take more and faster measures in this direction. The EU's foreign policy chief said the future of the Ukraine conflict depends on drones and artificial intelligence technologies. Borrell stressed that due to Brussels' reluctance to supply Kiev with new types of weapons, the battlefield conditions are not in Kiev's favor. Western aid to Ukraine seems to be indispensable, while from the battlefield for Kiev and its allies, not so good news is coming. The Ukrainian army announced it had withdrawn from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, clearing the way for the Russian army to make its biggest advance since it captured the town of Bakhmut last May. Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who took command of the Ukrainian army last week, said Ukrainian forces had moved to safer positions outside the city, which had a pre-war population of 32,000. Almost two years since the aggression began, the withdrawal is the clearest sign yet of how the tide of war has turned in Moscow's favor, experts say, after a Ukrainian counter-offensive failed to break through Russian lines last year.