“EXISTENTIAL” WAR
Europe collectively has spent round US$125 billion on supporting Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion, whereas america alone has offered greater than US$90 billion, in keeping with a tracker from the Kiel Institute, a German analysis physique.
“I can’t anticipate what would be the place of the US,” mentioned Borrell, who was set to satisfy Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“However let me say one factor, we’ve got to flee of the logic of the US performing and we, Europe reacting – we’ve got to have our personal capability to behave.”
On the battlefield, Ukraine’s troops are struggling to stave off Russia’s advances as they strategy three years of full-scale fight.
Borrell mentioned that the aim of serving to Ukraine prevail within the struggle remained “precisely the identical” and that the bloc’s long-term dedication had been proven in its determination to place Kyiv on the highway to membership.
