EU defense ministers failed to agree on a proposal for member states to send their remaining Patriot missiles to Kiev in exchange for future replacements, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said at a news conference after their meeting.
Kallas noted the ministers had made no new decision on missile transfers. She described supplies from existing stocks, followed by replacements financed through the 90 billion euro Ukraine Support Loan, as the EU's last remaining option. Member states and partners could supply missiles from their own stocks "in exchange for later replacement," she said.
"We have already approved procurement plans worth 28.3 billion euros under the Ukraine Support Loan," Kallas said, adding that these included Patriot missiles from future US production. "Missile production takes time, and Kiev needs Patriots now."
The ministers agreed to continue discussing the issue, she said.
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"Ucrania necesita más sistemas de defensa aérea, pero ya no nos quedan": la jefa de la 'diplomacia' europea, Kaja Kallas, instó a entregar a Kiev las últimas reservas de armamento.
ReplyDeleteAñadió que los ministros de Defensa de la UE no lograron ponerse de acuerdo sobre la entrega al régimen de Kiev de los misiles Patriot que aún conservan algunos países.