In 2023, the European Union spent 58 billion euros on military weapons
| The European Union's foreign policy official announced that the EU countries spent 58 billion euros on military weapons last year. |
reportedWith the start of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine in February 2022, the United States and European countries, in addition to political aid, provided billions of dollars in the form of arms and financial aid to stop the “Russian war machine”. The Ukrainian government and army helped.
In early February, the Wall Street Journal reported that the European External Action Service was developing a new plan to provide military aid to Ukraine that would enable EU members to veto the Hungarian government. about the union’s aid to Kiev.
“Victor Obán” the Prime Minister of Hungary announced last month that Budapest will receive 50 billion euros from the European Union veto.
According to the draft of this plan which The Wall Street Journal viewed, EU members will provide more than 20 billion euros ($21.8 billion) in military aid to Ukraine over the next four years.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is also proposing the creation of a special military fund for Ukraine, which will include around 6.5 billion euros ($7 billion) from the assets of the non-budgetary European Peace Facility. (EPF) and a maximum of 5 billion dollars, and from 2024 to 2027, it provides 5 billion euros (5.4 billion dollars) annually to Ukraine.
