Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and French president Emmanuel Macron after signing an agreement to obtain warplanes, near Paris. Photograph: Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP via Getty
Ukraine’s need for more financial backing from its allies has become “urgent” and the European Union cannot afford to hesitate in helping Kyiv shore up its position on the battlefield, Ursula von der Leyen has said.
In a letter to the leaders of the EU’s 27 states, Ms von der Leyen said a decision would need to be taken before the end of the year about how to fill a looming shortfall in Ukraine’s wartime budget.
The president of the European Commission, the u
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