https://sputnikglobe.com/20240213/zelensky-may-visit-western-europe-again-to-ask-for-more-aid-as-supplies-dwindle-1116750632.html
Zelensky May Visit Western Europe Again to Ask for More Aid as Supplies Dwindle
Zelensky May Visit Western Europe Again to Ask for More Aid as Supplies Dwindle
Sputnik International
This will be the Ukrainian leader's second Western European tour since the start of Russia's special military operation, a trip aimed at begging for money from EU members currently going through economic malaise.
2024-02-13T07:41+0000
2024-02-13T07:41+0000
2024-02-13T07:41+0000
world
ukraine
germany
france
volodymyr zelensky
aid
tour
visit
special operation
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e8/02/0d/1116750165_0:0:3072:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_a95eec8c12ea035e016b87bd598c29aa.jpg
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may visit Berlin, Munich and Paris later this week to lobby for additional military aid for Kiev amid the Ukrainian funding furor in the US Senate, Bloomberg news agency reported, citing unnamed sources.One of the sources suggested that the Ukrainian leader is likely to push for talks on security guarantees during his possible visits to European cities. The sources stressed that the Ukrainian side has not yet confirmed the information about Zelensky's plans, while representatives of the French and German governments declined to comment on the matter.This comes after the EU secured a deal to send 50 billion euros ($53 billion) more to Ukraine, which came amid attempts by a group of Republicans in the US Senate to thwart Washington's efforts to approve $60 billion in additional aid to Kiev.The US and its allies increased their military aid to Ukraine shortly after the beginning of the Russian special military operation.Moscow has repeatedly warned that such aid will only serve to prolong the conflict in Ukraine, and that any cargo entering Ukraine will be considered a legitimate military target by Russian forces.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240202/french-politician-says-54bln-in-aid-to-ukraine-will-cost-france-86bln-in-taxpayers-money-1116546030.html
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240212/ukraine-aid-bill-advanced-in-us-senate-amid-republican-and-trump-opposition--1116737796.html
ukraine
germany
france
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2024
Oleg Burunov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080424846_0:0:2048:2048_100x100_80_0_0_3d7b461f8a98586fa3fe739930816aea.jpg
Oleg Burunov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080424846_0:0:2048:2048_100x100_80_0_0_3d7b461f8a98586fa3fe739930816aea.jpg
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Oleg Burunov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080424846_0:0:2048:2048_100x100_80_0_0_3d7b461f8a98586fa3fe739930816aea.jpg
ukraine, germany, france, volodymyr zelensky, aid, tour, visit, special operation
ukraine, germany, france, volodymyr zelensky, aid, tour, visit, special operation
Zelensky May Visit Western Europe Again to Ask for More Aid as Supplies Dwindle
This will be the Ukrainian leader's second tour of Western Europe since the start of Russia's special military operation, a trip aimed at begging for money from EU members currently suffering from economic malaise.
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky may visit Berlin, Munich and Paris later this week to lobby for additional military aid for Kiev amid the Ukrainian funding furor in the US Senate, Bloomberg news agency reported, citing unnamed sources.
They added that with ammunition supplies dwindling, Zelensky "needs to make the case for [the West’s] faster military aid to push back against" advancing Russian forces.
One of the sources suggested that the Ukrainian leader is likely to push for talks on security guarantees during his possible visits to European cities.
The sources stressed that the Ukrainian side has not yet confirmed the information about Zelensky's plans, while representatives of the French and German governments declined to comment on the matter.
This comes after the EU secured a deal to send 50 billion euros ($53 billion) more to Ukraine, which came amid attempts by a group of Republicans in the US Senate to thwart Washington's efforts to approve $60 billion in additional aid to Kiev.
Politico noted in this vein that US President Joe Biden’s inability to push this hefty package “compounds fears in EU circles that the bloc will need to shoulder the bulk of Kiev’s costs.”
The US and its allies increased their military aid to Ukraine shortly after the beginning of
the Russian special military operation.
Moscow has repeatedly warned that such aid will only serve to prolong
the conflict in Ukraine, and that any cargo entering Ukraine will be considered a legitimate military target by Russian forces.
