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EU leaders plan €20B Ukraine aid package as Trump turns against Zelenskyy
As the U.S. turns its back, Europe is scrambling to step up.
European leaders are working on a military aid package for Ukraine — worth at least €20 billion — to bolster Kyiv as the United States increasingly aligns with Moscow, three EU diplomats told POLITICO.
The planned package comes after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the war in Ukraine, calling him a “dictator” who had tricked the U.S. into spending billions of dollars in military aid. The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives also said Thursday there was "no appetite" in Washington to send further aid to Kyiv.
The amount of European aid, which would include military hardware like artillery shells and missiles as well as cash, could yet rise farther as diplomats continue intensive consultations ahead of a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. POLITICO reported earlier this week that the package's projected value was €6 billion to €10 billion, but that amount has changed during the talks and could still evolve.
The push to replenish Ukraine's arms supply is being coordinated by the bloc's top diplomat, former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, and aims to surpass previous European commitments of military aid. Diplomats stressed that the aid, which is still being negotiated, would likely come in the form of pooled contributions from individual member states rather than an official EU package, given opposition from certain states, namely Hungary.
EU Uke Bros be mad....But yeah, that's what Trump has been calling for.
That’s sorta the whole point.....Show us what you got.....Just don't threaten us with a good time.
United Germany struggles with 3, mostly paper divisions, and about 250 mostly deadlined tanks.
Weak wristed and all, Europe should deal with Europe’s problems.