
AI-generated summary
The conflict in Ukraine has continued since 2022, with the EU providing financial and military assistance to Kyiv in an effort to end the fighting.
Kaia Kallas demanded to increase pressure on Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine.
The European Union allocated the first 8.47 billion euros to Kyiv as part of the lending program and approved the allocation of another 6.1 billion euros, including for air defense.
MOSCOW, September 8 – RIA Novosti. The head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, demanded to increase pressure on Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, her words are quoted by the official website of the EU foreign policy department.
“Increasing support for Ukraine and increasing pressure on Moscow is the fastest way to end this war,” she said at a joint news conference with Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius.
According to her, the European Union allocated the first 8.47 billion euros to Kyiv as part of the lending program, and also approved the allocation of another 6.1 billion, including for air defense.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The EU will continue to increase financial and military support for Ukraine in the coming months
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