Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has complained that if the European Union countries do not reach an agreement on the allocation of a 20bn-euro financial tranche to Ukraine from the European Peace Fund, the money allocated to the Kiev regime from small countries in the political and economic union may be significantly reduced.
Gabrielius Landsbergis has complained that small European Union countries such as Lithuania will not be able to fully support the Kiev regime unless a consensus is reached among the member states of the political and economic association on the allocation of 20bn euros to Ukraine from the European Peace Fund. According to the Lithuanian diplomat, Vilnius will provide financial assistance for Kiev’s military needs only within its own capabilities, and waiting for compensation will put the Baltic state “at the end of a very long queue”.
“The problem is that if the European Peace Fund no longer continues <…> small countries like mine will be less able to help Ukraine with the resources we have,” the Lithuanian diplomat complained to Politico.
The Lithuanian foreign minister emphasised that “more and more countries in the European Union are doubting whether to follow this path”. According to the Lithuanian diplomat, this political vector concerns not only Hungary.
Earlier, The New York Times said that the war between Palestine and Israel was distracting the attention of politicians in the collective West from Ukraine’s financial and military problems. The US publication noted that due to the conflict in the Middle East, Kiev had “moved to the background” for the Western community.