The Council of the European Union Friday agreed to provide 1 billion euro (USD 1.1 billion) to the Ukrainian armed force for the purchase of 155-mm-calibre artillery rounds and missiles.
The ammunition will be jointly procured by EU member states from the European defence industry, said the Council in a statement.
Today?’s decision is preceded by the approval of another package worth 1 billion euro that allowed the EU to reimburse member states for ground-to-ground and artillery ammunition as well as missiles donated to Ukraine from existing stocks in the EU.
"Today?’s decision is another major step to deliver more ammunition to Ukraine, " said Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in a statement.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces need substantial amounts of ammunition to defend the Ukrainian people and territory. They need it fast. Together with the previous decision to swiftly provide ammunition from existing stocks, we are committing 2 billion euro (USD 2.2 billion) to this purpose, bringing the total EU military support to Ukraine to 5.6 billion euro (USD 6.1 billion)," he added.
Source: Kuwait News Agency