EU leaders met in Versailles for two days to discuss next steps as Russia's unrelenting invasion of Ukraine puts the continent's security architecture at risk (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU leaders pledge to double military support to Ukraine

EU & the World

Ukraine

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

EU leaders on Friday (11 March) pledged to double financing for military aid to Ukraine with a proposal for an extra €500m.

The bloc's 27 leaders also agreed to redouble efforts to decrease dependency on Russian energy resources, and they tasked the EU Commission to come up with a plan for the phase out.

That plan should be forthcoming by mid-May and it would lay out how to diminish use of Russian gas, oil and coal by 2027, said EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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