The bloc has given Kiev €195 billion in aid from 2022, top diplomat Kaja Kallas said.
The European Union has spent €195 billion in Ukraine since the escalation of the conflict with Russia four years ago, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. He revealed the updated figure amid growing resentment and divisions among member states over Brussels’ continued military and financial aid to Kiev.
“So far, the EU is Ukraine’s number one supporter with €195 billion ($225 billion) from 2022” Callas said Monday in a keynote address at a conference of EU ambassadors in Brussels. A previous estimate released by Callas in December was €187 billion.
figure “€90 billion ($105 billion) in operations not including debt support” she added.
The debt faces an uncertain future after Hungary blocked it last month as part of a dispute over Kiev cutting off Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline. Slovakia has also indicated it could veto the debt, which Prime Minister Robert Fico essentially blamed. “gift” That Kiev will not refund.
Last week, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky issued a thinly veiled threat against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who said he would allow the Ukrainian military. “Speak to him in his own language.”
Meanwhile, fresh concerns about corruption in Ukraine have been raised after Hungarian authorities last week seized tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold from Ukrainian armored vehicles near Budapest.
Ukrainian officials blamed Hungary “Theft” And “State Bandit” In case of Budapest demand “Instant Answers” From Ukraine, it says shipments have increased “Serious questions about possible link to Ukrainian war mafia.”
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Kiev has been hit by several corruption scandals in recent months. In November, anti-corruption agencies uncovered a $100 million kickback scheme involving state nuclear operator Energotum. The investigation led to the resignation of several high-ranking officials, including Energy Minister German Galushchenko and Zelensky’s influential chief Andrei Yermak.
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