The latest version of the proposal states that countries are “encouraged to provide military support to Ukraine in 2025 for a provisional amount of at least €20bn and potentially increase it to €40bn”.
At the same time, the EU itself will count €1.9bn from frozen Russian assets as its contribution, even though they have already been allocated and partially paid.
As part of the first step, €5bn is proposed for 2 million large calibre artillery shells. Air defence assets, missiles, drones, fighter jets, equipment maintenance and “non-lethal support” are also prioritised for funding.
