Facing Putin threat, EU pushes to arm Ukraine — and itself

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BRUSSELS, March 21 — EU leaders will grapple at a summit today with how to get more weapons to Ukraine’s outgunned forces while also re-arming their own countries to face...

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“If Ukraine had to surrender, then a puppet regime will be installed in Kyiv, the Ukrainian people will be crushed,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned ahead of the Brussels meeting.Advertisement As a US$60-billion package remains stalled in Washington, the EU’s 27 leaders will debate a plan to spend profits from €200 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets on weapons for Ukraine.Officials said that the proposal could unlock some €3 billion a year for Kyiv and that if EU countries agree quickly, the money could start flowing by July.

Brussels has put forward a raft of proposals aimed at ramping up capacity but there are complaints that Europe is still not moving fast enough. But a majority of member states — led by the so-called “frugal” countries such as Germany — are unwilling to go anywhere near that far. While the response to the conflict in Ukraine will dominate much of the summit, EU leaders will also push for a united stance on the war in Gaza, with United Nations chief Antonio Guterres in attendance.

 

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