{"id":4890,"date":"2025-03-15T06:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/eu-diplomats-suggest-doubling-military-aid-for-ukraine-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T06:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:42:17","slug":"eu-diplomats-suggest-doubling-military-aid-for-ukraine-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/eu-diplomats-suggest-doubling-military-aid-for-ukraine-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"EU diplomats suggest doubling military aid for Ukraine this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264139\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ukraine_eu_reuters-320x200.jpg?v=1741290009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ukraine_eu_reuters.jpg?v=1741290008\" alt=\"EU diplomats suggest doubling military aid for Ukraine this year\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ukraine_eu_reuters-960x600.jpg?v=1741290009\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>European Union flags and a Ukrainian flag flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025. [Reuters\/Yves Herman]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The European Union should be prepared to go as far as doubling its military aid to Ukraine this year to 40 billion euros ($43 billion) if necessary, according to a discussion paper by the bloc\u2019s diplomatic service seen by Reuters on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The paper, an updated version of an earlier proposal which set out Ukraine\u2019s requirements but did not name a target figure, also says each EU country participating in the effort should contribute \u201cin line with its economic weight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With the future of US backing for Ukraine uncertain, EU countries have expressed a broad willingness to continue supporting the country in the war triggered by Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion, but diplomats say several states oppose fixed targets.<\/p>\n<p>The paper says the EU gave about 20 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine last year and encourages EU countries to do at least the same again in 2025, with the total \u201cpotentially reaching\u201d 40 billion euros, depending on Kyiv\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>EU leaders are likely to discuss the proposal by the European External Action Service (EEAS), headed by former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, at a summit next week.<\/p>\n<p>The EEAS \u201cnon-paper\u201d \u2013 diplomatic jargon for a discussion document rather than a formal proposal \u2013 suggests leaders agree as a first step next week to provide 2 million rounds of large-calibre artillery ammunition to Kyiv this year.<\/p>\n<p>It suggests that some of the costs of the plan could come from a scheme that takes windfall profits from Russian assets inside the EU and uses them for the benefit of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The contents of the new proposal were previously reported by Politico late on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary, whose prime minister Viktor Orban has criticised EU sanctions on Russia and military assistance to Ukraine, said on Friday his country should contribute funds to a common EU defense policy, but not agree to joint EU borrowing for defense. 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