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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

MYSTERIOUS: Eu discusses earmarking 1bn for ukraine - What They Never Told You

Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said most member states were in favour of increasing the military budget. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

EU countries have provided 220,000 artillery shells and 1,300 missiles to Ukraine since March, its foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said, as member states discuss raising Europe’s military budget by another €3.5bn.

Following a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels, Borrell said “the overwhelming majority of member states” had said they were in favour of increasing the European Peace Facility budget, €1bn of which would be earmarked for Ukraine. The fund is used to reimburse EU member states that supply military aid to Kyiv.

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