EU proposes €5bn military aid package for Ukraine after ‘historic’ meeting

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks to the press following the EU-Ukraine foreign ministers' meeting in Kyiv, on October 2, 2023. AFP - SERGEI SUPINSKY

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has proposed a new aid package for Ukraine worth €5 billion for next year. Despite the show of solidarity, some EU members are disgruntled over how much is being poured in to the counteroffensive against Russian troops.

Borrell made the proposal at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv on 2 October – a gathering he said was "historic" because it was the first time it was held outside the EU in a candidate country that was at war.