Europe will not be able to quickly compensate for Ukraine’s lack of assistance from the US – Borrell

Europe will not be able to quickly compensate for the absence of American assistance to Ukraine, and the situation in the United States is generating “uncertainty.”

This was stated in a blog post by the High Representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell, who recently visited Kyiv.

“During our mission to Ukraine, we received news that to avoid the so-called ‘shutdown,’ the U.S. Congress passed a bipartisan bill that does not include support for Ukraine. Despite the active involvement of the Biden administration, this increases uncertainty regarding future U.S. support for this country,” Borrell wrote.

He added that in the short term, “we would not be able to compensate for the absence of U.S. support, and we hope that our friends and allies will quickly find ways to overcome this impasse.”

Last Monday, in Kyiv, with my colleagues EU Foreign Ministers, we reiterated to our Ukrainian partners our full support to Ukraine both financially and in terms of military equipment and training. #StandWithUkraine
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— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 8, 2023

Borrell provided figures for European assistance to Ukraine: 82 billion euros, including 25 billion euros for military support.

“In the coming weeks, we will be able to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and we will continue to do so,” he concluded.