EU countries are set to agree a new €5bn top-up to a fund used to finance military shipments to Ukraine, as the US managed to scrape together $300mn more in ammunition and artillery for Kyiv.
The EU deal, which needs formal approval at a meeting of member states on Wednesday, unlocks fresh cash for the reimbursement of arms supplies to Kyiv by countries in the bloc as a $60bn package is being held up by US Congress at a critical time for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.
The stop-gap assistance from the Pentagon, announced on Tuesday, as well as the agreement in Brussels indicate western policymakers’ growing fears about Kyiv’s forces no longer being able to hold the line against Russian troops.
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