A first in the history of the old continent.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the European Union will financial the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to Ukraine to help her fight against the Russian invasion.
“For the first time, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons to an attacked country,” she said this Sunday, February 27, 2022.
For his part, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell said that an EU emergency funding line will be used “to provide Ukrainian forces with lethal weapons, as well as fuel, protective equipment and medical supplies”. We have made this decision because this war asked for a commitment on our part to support the Ukrainian army. It is an unprecedented era, similar to the pandemic, we face the plague of war at our borders, ”he adds.
