
European Commission spokesman Olof Gill said that the EC has not received official demands from the Donald Trump administration for the return of funds allocated by the United States for military assistance to Ukraine under Joe Biden.
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US President Donald Trump has expressed his intention to demand compensation from European countries for military assistance provided to Ukraine.
The European Commission (EC) has not received an official request from Washington to return the funds that the United States, under the administration of ex-President Joe Biden, sent for military assistance to Ukraine. This was stated by the representative of the European Commission Olof Gill, RIA Novosti reports.
“To my knowledge, we have not received a formal statement regarding this social media comment,” he said.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump demanded that Europe return funds spent on military assistance to Ukraine. “Hundreds of billions of dollars were transferred free of charge to Ukraine and NATO, for which Europe would have paid - if only they had been asked, but we will ask for this money, albeit with some delay!” - noted the head of state.

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