Zelenskyy: EU will provide Ukraine with €3bn in military aid next week

Following a conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the EU will allocate a further €3 billion in military support to Ukraine as early as next week.

Source: Zelenskyy on social media

Quote: "We had a very detailed discussion with Ursula von der Leyen on virtually all the current areas of our work with the European Union and the decisions needed to support Ukraine. I thanked Ursula for the recent €1.24 billion tranche for defence, which Ukraine has already received.

I am grateful for the confirmation that another approximately €3 billion in military support will be allocated as early as next week. These funds will strengthen us."

Details: Zelenskyy also briefed von der Leyen on the ongoing Russian attacks, which he described as brutal and relentless.

"Just before our conversation, the Russians struck a power plant in Kyiv with a 'Shahed' drone, and many districts experienced power outages. Later, there were strikes on energy facilities in the Kharkiv region. And all of this happened AFTER the President of the United States made his statement about an energy ceasefire," he added.

"Ursula and I agreed that our teams will have detailed discussions on our next joint actions and the coordination of our steps. We are also preparing to open the negotiating clusters – so that all the remaining clusters are opened by the end of the year," Zelenskyy said.

He also noted he had spoken with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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