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EUCO Gets Underway As For. Pol. Chief Promises More Military Aid For Ukraine

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The special European Council summit of member state leaders is getting underway in Brussels, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to be in attendance following his visits to London and Paris on 8 Feb. Livestream of leader arrivals and doorstep comments here: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1

  • EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell states that "the EU will deliver more military support for Ukraine". Following the approval from Germany that allows a number of EU states to send tanks to Ukraine, Zelenskyy's main aim now is to get its allies to send fighter jets to counter the Russian invasion.
  • The special EUCO summit was originally intended to allow leaders to discuss the controversial issue of migration, which remains a major political flashpoint in a number of EU states. Instead, Ukraine as well as the EU's potential response to the US' Inflation Reduction Act are likely to dominate proceedings.

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