Borrell reaffirmed the EU's confidence in a military solution to the conflict

in Ukraine

The heads of the EU member states believe that the only way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine is by military means, and therefore they are going to continue supplying weapons and ammunition to Kyiv, said Josep Borrell, HEAD of the EU foreign policy service.

“Usually, wars are won or lost on the battlefield <...> We will discuss expanding assistance to Ukraine,” he stressed.

Borrell also said that new sanctions against RUSSIA would be discussed at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers .

Borrell wished to resolve the conflict in Ukraine "on the battlefield" Politics

The fact that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine should be resolved "on the battlefield", Borrell said on April 9. The head of EU diplomacy then recalled that Brussels had allocated an additional €500 million for the purchase of weapons that would be sent to Kyiv.

At the end of February, after the start of the Russian military operation, Borrell said that the EU member states agreed to send €450 million worth of lethal weapons to Ukraine and allocate another €50 million for non-lethal assistance, fuel and protective equipment. On April 8, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said that Brussels, at the suggestion of Borrell, intends to allocate an additional €500 million to help the Ukrainian army.

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In addition to the European Union, arms supplies to Ukraine are also carried out by the United Kingdom, CANADA, the United States and Australia.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stressed that the supply of weapons to Ukraine by Western countries will not prevent Russia from achieving its goals. The official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, noted that one day Kyiv will have to pay for the “free cheese” that lies in the “mousetrap”.