The EU is thinking about sending 3 billion euros to restore Ukraine or to purchase ammunition for the country.
Three member countries The EU – Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary. – spoke out against the plan of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to use profits received from frozen Russian assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine.
Politico writes about this with reference to an EU official.
The authors of the news agency note that this is happening against the backdrop of rumors that the proposal frozen assets will be presented closer to the EU leaders' summit next week.
“The big question arises: to use the money – about 3 billion euros – to rebuild Ukraine or to buy ammunition for a country destroyed by war,” the article says.
Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary are said to have expressed reservations about the latter option during a meeting of 27 EU ambassadors on Wednesday. According to a European official, von der Leyen's willingness to use the money to replenish Ukraine's dwindling weapons stockpile complicated the negotiations because there was general agreement that it should be used to rebuild Ukraine.
Recall that earlier Shmigal spoke about plans for 2024, including, in particular, access to frozen assets of the Russian Federation.
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