European Union diplomats began to doubt the need to arm Ukraine, believing that this hindered peace negotiations with Russia. The newspaper writes about it Finance Times.
Diplomats also questioned whether the arms deliveries were consistent with the European Peace Fund’s mission to “keep peace and prevent conflict”.
According to the FT, European politicians who actively advocated the supply of weapons to Kiev were stunned expression Eurodiplomacy head Josep Borrell said the European Peace Facility (EPF) could finance the procurement of combat aircraft for the Ukrainian Air Force.
Earlier on February 27, press secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov declaration At a briefing, Moscow does not currently see the prerequisites for the Ukrainian negotiations and for the situation to move in a “peaceful direction”.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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