“It is essential that we can use the funds of the European Peace Facility and of the Fund for Ukraine to support our armed forces, these funds must not be blocked because this would impact our ability to support our military on the front lines.”
The Ukrainian president said this Volodymyr Zelensky in a press conference with the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyenin Kiev.
Peace formula and second summit
“I thank you for your work on the implementation of our peace formula. This year we will organize the second peace summitwith which we will end the war, so that peace is truly reliable,” he added. Zelensky.
Von der Leyen: EU will support Ukraine against Russia
von der Leyen he argued that “Russia has staged a shameful attempt to make Ukraine spend the winter in the dark”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2024/09/20/von-der-leyen-dalla-ue-35-miliardi-di-euro-in-prestito-a-kiev-incontro-con-zelensky-non-lasceremo-lucraina-al-buio-80481337-916e-448f-9274-fcce3ecfda13/. “I am here – he added – to tell the Ukrainians that theEU will help you in the energy challengeto keep the lights on, to keep the population warm, to make sure that your economy grows”.
The President of the European Commission has announced a energy support plan of the EU to Ukraine, which provides for the maintenance of the connection of Kiev to the European electricity grid. “The Russia must pay for the destruction” it has brought, he added. “Our aim, with the agreement of the Member States, is to open negotiations on Core Values Cluster and then proceed quickly with the other clusters.”
Use of frozen Russian assets
“With the help of our Member States, in this case the Denmark – explains the President of the European Commission – we have started to use the revenues generated by the assets frozen in Russia to place orders for weapons and military equipment directly to the Ukrainian defense industry.”
Ukraine on the road to EU membership
During the meeting in Kiev, of der Leyen And Zelensky They also talked about the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU. It screening “is continuing unhindered,” the Commission President explained. “The relentless Russian attacks make it necessary to continue supporting theEU to UkraineThe EU Commission will provide Ukraine with a loan up to 35 billion euros as part of the commitment of the G7. This is another important contribution of the EU to the recovery of Ukraine”. He wrote on X President Ursula von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen’s eighth visit to Kiev
The President of the European Commission arrived this morning in Kievto “talk about the European support” as winter approaches. The same writes of der Leyen on X. “My eighth visit to Kiev comes as the season that requires heating and the Russia continues to target the energy infrastructure“, writes Ursula von der Leyen on X, publishing a photo of her arrival at the train station in Kiev.
“We will help Ukraine in its courageous efforts. – he continues – I come here to discuss the support of Europe. From winter preparation to defense, adhesion and progress on G7 loans“.