“The Commissioner of the European Union on Defense and Space Andrews Kubilus stated that the EU has the opportunity to significantly strengthen Ukraine’s military support, purchasing weapons directly from Ukrainian producers.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Cubilus in social network x
Details: According to Kublyus, the US and the EU are now allocated about 40 billion euros for military assistance to Ukraine annually. However, according to him, these funds can be used more efficiently by investing them in the purchase of weapons directly from Ukrainian manufacturers.
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“If Trump does not persuade Putin to make peace, we could put forward more convincing arguments in favor of peace very quickly – greatly increasing our military support to Ukraine,” Kubilus said.
The European official explained that the cost of weapons produced in Ukraine is about twice lower than similar weapons from the EU or the US. Thus, the volume of weapons provided to Ukraine can actually double without increasing costs.
“The real cost of our support will increase to 80 billion euros,” he summed up.
Kubilus paid special attention to the new instrument-EU security loans that allow member states to finance military procurement for Ukraine. In his opinion, this opens the way to implement the “peace” strategy.
“Security loans are power for Ukraine!”, – the official said.
Reference: Ukrainian high -ranking officials have repeatedly urged the governments of European countries to join the so -called “Danish model” of assistance to Ukraine, which provides for funding for military support through trust funds, with a focus for the purchase of weapons directly in Ukraine. The initiative was supported, including the Netherlands, Norway and the Czech Republic. The EU views this scheme as the basis of a long -term military assistance strategy to Ukraine.