European Union leaders “missed the mark” when they failed to agree on €50 billion in aid to Ukraine at a summit in Brussels this week. British publication writes about this Finance TimesQuoting an unnamed Western diplomat.
“This was the moment when EU leaders took to the stage. And they missed,” the diplomat said.
According to an EU representative, “Ukraine has liquidity until January next year”, but after that “it gets a little tight.”
“We need to act quickly,” he added.
The day before, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo statedThe EU will need more weeks to agree on funding Ukraine in the long term.
On December 15, the decision on the long-term budget assistance program for Ukraine worth 50 billion Euros was vetoed imposed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
On the same day, European Council President Charles Michel statedHe said the EU would hold an emergency summit at the beginning of 2024 to agree on an aid package for Kiev that would last until 2027.
Previously in the USA in the name The timing of Ukraine’s defeat without Western help.
Source: Gazeta
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