EU urged not to ease up on Ukraine aid after US vote
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Luxembourg: European Union ministers on Monday said Europe must still speed up its arms deliveries to Ukraine, after US lawmakers eased pressure by un...
Luxembourg: European Union ministers on Monday said Europe must still speed up its arms deliveries to Ukraine, after US lawmakers eased pressure by unblocking a major aid package.
But at a meeting of EU defence and foreign ministers in Luxembourg there was no sign of more pledges of vitally needed air defence for Kyiv.
"We have to step up. It's a crucial time," Latvia's foreign minister Baiba Braze said at the start of the meeting.
The US House of Representatives on Saturday cheered Ukraine and its allies by approving a $61-billion package for Kyiv after six months of political wrangling.
"We dodged a historic bullet but, unfortunately, many more bullets are on the way," said Lithuania's foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
