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yaesu

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Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:39 PM Feb 2022

For the first time in its history the EU will finance & send lethal weapons to a country

The European Union will purchase weapons for Ukraine as it fights against Russia’s invasion, officials said Sunday.

“For the first time ever, the European Union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to a country that is under attack, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said.

A commission source told Reuters it planned to spend €450m in EU funds on weapons for Ukraine, and an additional €50m on other items including medical supplies.

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For the first time in its history the EU will finance & send lethal weapons to a country (Original Post) yaesu Feb 2022 OP
Link? jpak Feb 2022 #1
Its on The Guardians latest Ukraine news page, but here is the link to reuters yaesu Feb 2022 #4
And the hits just keep on coming. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #2
The reported, 'excluded russian elites', may quietly note such extended putin problems, empedocles Feb 2022 #3
Germany is doing the same, sending 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 stinger missiles Shanti Shanti Shanti Feb 2022 #5

empedocles

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3. The reported, 'excluded russian elites', may quietly note such extended putin problems,
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:45 PM
Feb 2022

in putin's dealing with the adverse world world opinion and Ukraine support.

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