"The European Union stands united in support of Ukraine and the Member States remain ready to continue supporting [Ukraine] as long and as much as needed," said Josep Borrell, summarizing the results of the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Prague.
He noted that it is about the flow of military support, which does not stop and even increases. It is not only about military equipment and weapons, but also about the training of Ukrainian servicemen.
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“The Ukrainian Defence Minister, Mr [Oleksii] Reznikov joined us by videoconference and updated us on the latest developments on the ground and on the most urgent needs of the Ukrainian army and [their] priorities. We have to respond to these needs and we unanimously agreed on this. The European Union stands united in support of Ukraine and the Member States remain ready to continue supporting [Ukraine] as long and as much as needed. But [the] needs do not only concern re-supply in terms of military equipment… They need also to regenerate their forces. It is not just warfare. It is also about how the war is conducted, the training of the soldiers, the training of the military structure. There are many training initiatives underway, but the needs are enormous. And we need to ensure the coherence of these efforts,” explained the High Representative of the EU.
Josep Borrell also underlined that aid of EU for Ukraine should be based on the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"It is clear that we need to be quick and ambitious, [to] demonstrate added value, flexibility, once again based on the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces," explained the High Representative of the EU,” EU official stressed.
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