The support is provided as a new stage of the Danish peace and stabilization program for Ukraine.
The Danish government has decided to allocate an additional 22 million euros to strengthen the security sector of Ukraine.
This was announced by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on his Twitter page.
“I am grateful to colleague and friend Jeppe Kofod for his timely visit to Donbas, which testifies to Denmark’s solidarity with Ukraine against the backdrop of unacceptable threats from Russia. I highly appreciate the decision to allocate an additional 22 million euros to strengthen the security sector of Ukraine. This is a manifestation of true friendship,” wrote Kuleba.
In turn, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofoda, who visited the JFO zone the day before, called on the Russian Federation to de-escalate the situation. “Denmark fully supports Ukrainian sovereignty. Denmark's new contribution to mine action and the stabilization program continues,” the Danish Foreign Minister wrote on his Twitter page.
The support is provided as a new stage of the Danish Peace and Stabilization Program for Ukraine for the period 2022-2025. In particular, 10.75 million euros are contributed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, 11.3 million – by the Ministry of Defense of Denmark.
The Danish Ministry of Defense notes that part of these funds will be used to strengthen security and unity in the eastern regions of Ukraine. In addition, support is being provided for Ukraine's defense reform and building Ukrainian defense capabilities.
“Therefore, we are now strengthening our Danish contribution to the reform of the security forces of Ukraine. And we are strengthening the contribution to the Ukrainian military training system and helping to bring the Ukrainian military to NATO standards. I don’t want to mind that we will also make further contributions,” the official statement says. . departments.
Recall that the United States has named new dates when Russia plans to carry out a military invasion of Ukraine – this is approximately in mid-January – mid-February of this year. Before that, Russia planned to commit a large-scale provocation in order to accuse the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and justify the aggression.
