Andryus Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defense stated, that in the absence of progress in establishing peace in Ukraine, the European Union may double the amount of military support to put pressure on Russia. According to him, one of the options is to change the source of arms supply.
Kubilius noted that there are other “arguments in favor of peace” besides those proposed by US President Donald Trump.
“If Trump does not convince Putin to make peace, we can very quickly make a more persuasive case for peace – by significantly increasing our military support for Ukraine.” he said.
Kubilius explained that the amount of aid could increase from 40 to 80 billion euros due to a change in the arms supplier.
“So far, the EU and the US have provided Ukraine with about 40 billion euros in military aid per year. But we can spend the same amount on the purchase of modern weapons in Ukraine, which will cost about half as much as those produced in the EU or the United States. The real cost of our support will increase to 80 billion euros.” – he emphasized.
According to the commissioner, this will enable the implementation of the concept of “peace through strength”.
We will remind that on May 2, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced that the intergovernmental agreement on the creation of the American-Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund will be a factor that will stimulate the US to continue military support for Ukraine.
