Aid to Ukraine should not be limited by the fear of escalation – Borrell
EU High Representative Josep Borel
The European Union still strives to maintain the status of a non-participant in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
The reluctance of the EU to acquire the status of a participant in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine should not be an obstacle to providing all the necessary assistance to Kyiv. This was announced on Sunday, January 22, by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in an interview with a Spanish newspaper El Diario.
“We have always had a desire to avoid escalation, and we have always been very prudent in helping Ukraine to preserve the status of non-participants in the war. But aid to Ukraine should not be limited to this,” Borrell said.
Speaking about the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, he reports that the reluctance to send them to the East was largely caused by this caution.
“But when you see how the country is being destroyed and civilians are being killed, you have to ask yourself this question again,” the diplomat said.
He believes that in the current situation, Europe “can take this risk” and start supplying Ukraine with the weapons it needs.
Everything, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Berbock, said that Germany will not object, if Poland sends German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Earlier, the American publication Business Insider reported that the German Ministry of Defense deliberately delayed the inventory of available tanks Leopard, so as not to create additional expectations and pressure on the government regarding their possible transfer to Ukraine. According to the publication, such an order was issued only now, with the arrival of the new head of the Ministry of Defense.
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