
The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said that of the 6.6 billion euros released by the European Union from the European Peace Fund to support Ukraine, 4.7 billion euros will be sent to EU countries as compensation for earlier arms deliveries, which is more than 70 percent of the total amount.
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The European Union previously blocked payments from the European Peace Fund due to disagreements over the use of funds to support Ukraine. Unblocking funds allows EU countries to reimburse the costs of weapons previously supplied to Ukraine.
A large share of the 6.6 billion euros released by the European Union from the European Peace Fund, intended to support Ukraine, will be sent to EU countries as compensation for earlier arms supplies. This was stated by the head of European diplomacy Kaya Kallas on the social network X.
It is noted that EU countries will receive 4.7 billion euros of this amount. Thus, compensation to the countries of the union accounts for more than 70 percent of the unblocked funds.

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