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Germany: Ukraine conflict – Bundeswehr prepares for redeployment
UKRAINE (77WABC) — Some European countries are complying with a request by Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba for fighter jets.
"The fight is fierce".
EU member states are donating €500m to help Ukraine and will provide "defensive, high-calibre" equipment in an effort to 'repel Russian aggression', says @JosepBorrellF.https://t.co/X3flQUBL0r
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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a press conference in Brussels that The EU agreed to send about $500 million in military aid to Ukraine for weapons, plus another $55 million in nonlethal aid. The EU sending arms to a country at war is another first in a rapidly shifting geopolitical situation.
This including Germany and the U.S. providing Stinger missiles to Ukraine, Russia being effectively blocked from the global economy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin escalating nuclear tensions as the world responds negatively to his invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian pilots fly Soviet-made MiG and Sukhoi jets. Defense One reports that former Soviet satellite EU nations Poland, Bulgaria, and Slovakia have such MiG-29s to donate.
