EU to plan further military aid for Ukraine at 11 February meeting in Brussels to be attended by Ukrainian defence minister

EU defence ministers will plan further military support for Ukraine together with Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting on 11 February.

Source: European Pravda, citing an EU official in Brussels

Details: "There will be three main items on the agenda regarding EU support for Ukraine: ongoing work on the EU contribution to security guarantees for Ukraine, finding additional financing options, and strengthening cooperation in the defence sector," the official said.

The official added that the EU defence ministers will also discuss providing Ukraine with security guarantees from the European Union within the framework of the peace process.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov will join the ministers during the discussion on strengthening cooperation and innovation in defence, which will be the first item on the agenda.

Fedorov will present the EU defence ministers with an "assessment of the current situation in Ukraine and prospects for further defence cooperation with EU member states", focusing on defence innovation.

After exchanging views with Fedorov, the ministers will move on to discuss other areas of EU military support for Ukraine and mobilising additional financing options, including the use of funds from the €90 billion loan that the European Union will provide to Ukraine in 2026-27.

The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting will begin at 16:45 local time. After discussing Ukraine-related issues, the ministers will discuss a broader range of EU security and defence topics for 2026 over dinner.

Background:

• Supply disruptions remain a sensitive issue for Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he had grounds for his harsh criticism of Europe at Davos after a lack of funding led to a shortage of air defence missiles.
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that European countries will allocate over US$15 billion to purchase weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• Ahead of a recent visit to Kyiv, Rutte also called on EU countries that are "sitting on large piles of interceptors" to send these missiles to Ukraine.
• On 19 December, the European Union summit approved a decision on a joint loan to provide Ukraine with €90 billion, which covers two-thirds of Ukraine's needs in 2026-27 in both the budgetary and defence sectors.

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