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Europe still dithering over military help to Ukraine, which faces acute shortage of ammunition

European Council president Charles Michel and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on March 21, the first day of a two-day EU summit. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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LONDON – European Union leaders have agreed to boost military assistance to Ukraine in the face of a sustained onslaught by Russian forces, even as United States lawmakers remain deadlocked on the passage of a new aid package for Kyiv.

However, the EU leaders failed to reach an agreement on a permanent and far more ambitious programme of financing the Ukrainian military just as Moscow announced plans to boost the size of its forces on Ukrainian territory.

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