> **If approved, the move would cement an ideological sea change for the EU, a self-described peace project.**
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> The EU will propose a dedicated fund to keep Ukraine’s military stocked for the next four years at a cost of up to €20 billion, according to five diplomats familiar with the plan.
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> The proposal would not involve the EU directly paying for Ukraine’s weapons. Instead, Brussels would help countries cover their own costs of purchasing and donating items such as ammunition, missiles and tanks. It also would help pay to train Ukrainian soldiers.
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> It’s an approach the EU adopted shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. But the new proposal, drafted by the EU’s diplomatic service, would effectively turbocharge the strategy.
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> To start, the price tag would be a major commitment for the EU, potentially increasing by nearly five times the €4 billion the bloc has allocated thus far for similar efforts over the last year-plus.
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> It also would cement an ideological sea change for the EU, a self-described peace project. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, the concept of the EU subsidizing weapons shipments to a war zone would have been unthinkable. Now, it’s on the cusp of being enshrined for years to come.
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> Ironically (and perhaps tellingly), this is all being done via a pre-existing fund dubbed the “European Peace Facility.”
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> Josep Borrell, the EU top diplomat, hinted at the idea during an EU leaders’ summit last month.
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> “You have to make Ukraine able to defend,” he said. “So the European Peace Facility for Ukraine, maybe it has to become a new Ukrainian defense fund.”
Fantastic for three reasons: size, duration, and the military nature of an EU commitment.
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> **If approved, the move would cement an ideological sea change for the EU, a self-described peace project.**
>
> The EU will propose a dedicated fund to keep Ukraine’s military stocked for the next four years at a cost of up to €20 billion, according to five diplomats familiar with the plan.
>
> The proposal would not involve the EU directly paying for Ukraine’s weapons. Instead, Brussels would help countries cover their own costs of purchasing and donating items such as ammunition, missiles and tanks. It also would help pay to train Ukrainian soldiers.
>
> It’s an approach the EU adopted shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. But the new proposal, drafted by the EU’s diplomatic service, would effectively turbocharge the strategy.
>
> To start, the price tag would be a major commitment for the EU, potentially increasing by nearly five times the €4 billion the bloc has allocated thus far for similar efforts over the last year-plus.
>
> It also would cement an ideological sea change for the EU, a self-described peace project. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, the concept of the EU subsidizing weapons shipments to a war zone would have been unthinkable. Now, it’s on the cusp of being enshrined for years to come.
>
> Ironically (and perhaps tellingly), this is all being done via a pre-existing fund dubbed the “European Peace Facility.”
>
> Josep Borrell, the EU top diplomat, hinted at the idea during an EU leaders’ summit last month.
>
> “You have to make Ukraine able to defend,” he said. “So the European Peace Facility for Ukraine, maybe it has to become a new Ukrainian defense fund.”
Fantastic for three reasons: size, duration, and the military nature of an EU commitment.
LFG 🚀
They might plan it but Hungary will fuck it.
We are turning Ukraine into Cadia and that’s good
We not going anywhere putler