Borrell: EU will continue to deliver aid and shells to Ukraine

(Patria) - EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Josep Borrell stated yesterday that the 27-member bloc has secured a "continuous flow" of aid to Ukraine in its nearly two-year fight against the Russian invasion.

Borrell told Radio Free Europe that the EU provided 28 billion euros in aid to Ukraine last year, and 20 billion so far this year.

- We have to do more, I know. It's never enough when there's a war. It's never enough. But don't tell me we're not doing enough every day. We are doing a lot.

There is a continuous, very intense flow of our ammunition going to Ukraine. We have my personal commitment and the commitment of the member states to continue - Borrell said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

When asked about what is happening with additional ammunition deliveries for Ukraine, especially the promised artillery shells, he said they will come.

- We are producing. We have increased our production capacity by 40 percent. We were at a very low level of arms and ammunition production when the war started, but we are increasing our production capacities - Borrell added.

At the end of January, the head of European diplomacy admitted that the EU will not meet its goal of sending one million artillery shells to Ukraine by March, saying that approximately half were delivered by that deadline, and the rest will be sent by the end of the year.