During an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Ireland, several countries committed to providing Ukraine with additional air defence systems.
This was stated by the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, at a press conference after the meeting, Ukrinform reports.
Kallas stressed that Moscow has not changed its war aims and that the latest Russian strikes on Kyiv, she said, show Russia’s unwillingness to achieve peace.
“Thanks to the loan to support Ukraine, we have disbursed the first €8.47 billion. A further €6.1 billion has been approved, including for air defence, but this is not enough,” Kallas said.
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She added that Ukraine also needs bilateral assistance from partner states.
“We were pleased to hear today’s announcements by member states about providing air defence systems, which we have been asking for for so long, to counter Russian missiles,” the EU’s High Representative noted.
Asked about the number of interceptor missiles that could be transferred to Ukraine, Kallas replied that the details would be announced directly by the states that have made the relevant commitments.
She did not name a specific number of munitions, stressing that the relevant announcements still have to be made by the supplying countries.