European Union Foreign Ministers discussed military support for Ukraine at a meeting held in Brussels on Monday, and the President of European Diplomacy Josep Borrell estimated the size of about eight billion euros, according to “Russia Today”.
Borrell commented on the criticisms received in the media over the military assistance of Ukraine from the European Union compared to the United States that “the military crew asked the total amount of European military support to Ukraine with the greatest accuracy and stated that at least 8 billion euros of weapons have been transferred from European Union and member states on a bilateral basis.
Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marsenko said that Kyiv expects to receive $ 7.
8 billion in foreign partners in November and December.
“We are expected to get about $ 4. 8 billion in November, and the external financing for December is about 3 billion dollars,” Marsenko quoted the newspaper “Okrinform” as saying.
According to him, if we were talking about such a level of funding in September and October, the situation would have developed very positively, but the situation now “is somewhat more complicated”, as spending is the highest in November and December.
He pointed out that the Ukraine government is looking for “all necessary opportunities” for financing in November and December without any complications, and spending all necessary expenses.
Marshenko previously stated that in 2023, the state needs additional external financing to reduce the public budget deficit, which is estimated at 38 billion dollars..
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