Ukraine Europe’s inability to finance Kiev without America

according to the report of the international group Tasnim news, Joseph Burrell The EU’s top foreign and security policy official admitted that it would be very difficult for EU countries to deliver the 50 billion euros in aid promised to Kiev if the United States stopped supporting Ukraine.

This politician said in an interview with a French publication: If this issue comes true, the situation will be very difficult. It is hard to imagine us spending 50 billion euros alone. Of course, if there is political will, it will be possible, but the European Union must be more creative.

A day before, Borrell promised that the European Union will be in the near future. The first part of 4.5 billion euros has been transferred to Ukraine within the framework of the 50 billion-euro budget support program until 2027. In addition, he suggested that the member states of the alliance allocate 90 percent of the profits from frozen Russian assets for military aid to Ukraine.

On February 1, all At a meeting in Brussels, the 27 leaders of the EU member states agreed to allocate an additional 50 billion euros from the EU budget as part of a support package for Ukraine. At that time, the European Union and the Organization for International Financial Cooperation (IFC) also signed a document on joint investment aimed at helping the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war in the amount of 500 million euros.

According to experts, European countries are trying to show their unity in supporting Kyiv, but financing this country despite the bad economic situation in this continent is not an easy task in practice and puts a lot of pressure on the capitals. European has imported.

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The disrespectful reaction of the Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine to the special representative of China because of the proposal to negotiate with Russia

The proposal of Li Hui, the special representative of the People’s Republic of China for Eurasian affairs, for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict, drew an angry reaction from Alexei Danilov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. Ukraine brought along. He disrespectfully mentioned the name of the Chinese diplomat and reminded him of the “right of Ukrainians to decide on the territorial integrity of their country”. Li Hui responded by agreeing to negotiate with Russia, resulting in a diplomatic solution to the conflict. He spoke passionately about the right of the Ukrainian people to self-determination and vowed not to allow any country to “decide something for them” without the will of Kiev.

Without mentioning China, he added: “If someone thinks that we should give up our country’s territory and give up our sovereignty, they should know that we will not and will not give up our land to anyone. . I don’t know who can think like this!”

Reuters: Sullivan, adviser to the US president, visited Kiev

Reuters reported last night, Wednesday, that US presidential adviser Jake Sullivan traveled to Ukraine to reassure Kiev officials of Washington’s continued support. Sullivan assured that the White House will resume aid to Ukraine despite opposition from congressional Republicans blocking future funding.

He said: “We are confident.” that we will achieve this and we will resume additional aid to Ukraine. It has been long. “We’re going to get a strong bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives for an aid package for Ukraine, and we’re going to get that money right,” he said.

However, Sullivan did not specify when support would resume. According to Reuters, he is convinced that the payments will not be in the form of loans, as previously thought. has done

Denis Shmigal, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, announced on Wednesday that the country’s government has received 1.5 billion dollars from Canada to close its budget deficit.

He wrote on his Telegram channel: Kyiv has received 2 billion Canadian dollars from Canada, which is equivalent to 1.5 billion American dollars. important funds that will help our government to cover the government budget deficit, especially the social program to help citizens.

According to him, the total support provided by Canada from The beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine has so far reached 5.2 billion dollars. million Canadian dollars ($29.5 million) to buy ammunition for Ukraine as part of the Prague Initiative. Ukraine will also receive a set of night vision equipment and drones from Canada.

Pavel Klimkin, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said in a TV interview yesterday: the statements of the US authorities about the need to return the funds borrowed by Ukraine in It is dishonest for a country that fights for the fundamental American values. The next batch will receive financial aid as an interest-free loan, not a grant. Klimkin believes that asking Ukraine “to repay the provided financial aid is a dishonest and incorrect approach.” It is of serious strategic importance, as the Ukrainians fight for the fundamental interests of the United States in weakening Russia.

Reuters news agency, referring to the country’s defense minister, Kaisa Ollongren, has reported that the Netherlands will receive the first US-made F-16 fighters in the second half of this year. It will be transferred to Ukraine.

It is mentioned that the first aircraft of this model will be delivered to the armed forces of Ukraine this summer. As Ollongren said, the procurement will be organized first by Denmark, and after that, the F-16s will be imported from the Netherlands.

Also, according to the agency, At a meeting of Ukraine’s allied group in Ramstein, Ollongren said that 150 million euros will be allocated to finance air-to-ground guided missiles that can be launched from F-16 fighter jets, and 200 million euros will be spent on intelligence drones.

Previously, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rostam Umerov said that Kiev continues to cooperate with Western countries to supply F-16 fighters. According to him, negotiations with America, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania and a number of other countries in this regard are ongoing.

Zakharova pointed Failure of American policy in Ukraine

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, expressed her opinion yesterday that America has failed in implementing its policy in Ukraine. In her opinion, Washington does not stand by the Kiev authorities and Ukraine is only a tool and a worthless country for the United States.

Zakharova added: The United States of America has failed in the direction of Ukraine, they have failed not only in terms of the promises they made to Ukraine, but also in their domestic arena. He called Washington’s actions against Kiev “a terrible bloody act” that will not be forgotten. >

Ukrainian government questioned the need to maintain the prepared list of “war supporters”. In this regard, the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption of Ukraine has agreed that there is no need to maintain such a list. The side of the government is unacceptable without solving the relevant problems at the legislative level.

In this way, the page related to the list of “war supporters” will be removed from the official website of the Ukrainian government. In the relevant meeting Some foreign diplomats and embassies of several countries were present to examine this issue.

Some prominent and so-called western companies, because of their continued cooperation with Russia after the start of the conflict military were added to this list.

England has no plans to send troops to Ukraine

Rishi Sonak, the representative of the British Prime Minister, announced that the country is not going to send its troops to Ukraine. He said: “The British government has no plans to send troops to fight alongside the armed forces of Ukraine.” Regarding the possibility of sending military personnel from Western countries to Ukraine, Britain immediately rejected the possibility of deploying “full-fledged British military units” in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Prime Minister At the same time, England emphasized that London welcomes the efforts of the French leader to continue helping Kiev. A few days ago, the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, also emphasized that the mission NATO forces to Ukraine will lead to an escalation of the conflict, which should be avoided at all costs.

The possibility of Germany agreeing to send Tornado aircraft to Ukraine

Jan Nolte, a member of the Bundestag defense committee, announced that Germany may agree to send Tornado aircraft to the Ukrainian armed forces. According to him, if Berlin makes such a decision, it will be crossing the “red line”. Currently, the launch of the Tornado is considered a “red line”, but it is possible in the future.

The MP stressed that, as a rule, German politicians Due to the fear of escalation of the conflict, they do not approve the transfer of the plane to Kiev. Nolte added: In addition, it is not clear how exactly Ukraine wants to use them. The Russian ambassador called the new US sanctions a show of weakness. /strong>

Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador in Washington, announced that the recent sanctions against Russian citizens and organizations imposed by the United States again, the frustration of American officials to It gives them the hope of influencing Russian society.

Antonov said: “The government’s absurd step is a kind of display of anger and frustration of the powerlessness of local officials and political strategists, who are betting on influencing Russian society does not work through defectors and traitors.”

US imposes sanctions on two more companies and two more individuals from Russia

The US Treasury Department reported on Wednesday that the United States has added two individuals and two legal entities from Russia to its sanctions list. It is reminded that being on the list of sanctions means freezing the defendants’ assets in the United States and prohibiting American citizens and companies from doing business with them. It wrote that the United States and Turkey agreed that Washington would inform Ankara of suspicions of Turkish companies violating anti-Russian sanctions before imposing any restrictions.

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