European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell assured this Monday that Russia will “lose” the war against Ukraine.
“Morally, politically and even militarily, Russia is losing this war,” Borrell said. It is at a meeting of EU foreign ministers that they arrive this Monday in Luxembourg that they will approve a training mission for the Ukrainian Army and a new payment to send weapons to Kiev. “We must continue to support Ukraine“, stressed the head of European diplomacy.
Foreign ministers will green light for military “strong training mission”The EU’s high representative, who wants to train together 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers from mid-November and over the next two years, said.
The training will not take place in Ukraine, but in EU countries wishing to join the mission, including Spain.In exercises to complement those carried out individually by Germany, Poland, the Netherlands or the United States.
Ministers will also approve A new 500m euro payment to finance arms shipments to UkraineFrom the European Peace Support Fund, to which the EU will allocate a total of 3,000 million euros for this purpose since Russia began the invasion on February 24.
Borrell referred to the “bad news of the Russian attacks” when he hit Kiev again this morning with kamikaze drones.
The former Spanish minister, however, declined to mention that the drones Moscow uses in Ukraine are from Iran.
“This is a topic for discussion and we will examine the concrete evidence of the intervention, which Iran has most strongly denied.. We’ll see what information is available,” Borrell said.
In this sense, the high representative separated Iran’s support for Russia from the sanctions that the 27th would approve today against those responsible for the pressure exerted by the Iranian authorities on the demonstrators protesting the death of Mahsa Amini.
The head of European diplomacy insisted on relations with Iran. does not expect “any action” from the Government of that country to unblock negotiations about the nuclear deal.