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

epa11235132 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (C) and European Council President Charles Michel (L) on their way to a press conference at the end of the first day of a two-day EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, 21 March 2024. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss continued support for Ukraine, the developing situation in the Middle East, security and defense, enlargement, external relations, migration, agriculture as well as the European semester. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET

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.

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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.

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

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