The Ministers of Defense of the European Union meet on Friday (29) in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss ways to support Ukraine and its defense industry.
“Any question of how we can support the Ukrainian defense industry and thus strengthening combat power in Ukraine will have the highest priority here today,” said Denmark Defense Minister and host of the meeting, Troels Lund Poulsen before the meeting.
European Union’s head of foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, emphasized the need to increase pressure on Russia in view of ongoing attacks in Ukraine,
Estonia Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said it remains the best, although alternative solutions could be necessary in the meantime.
Understand the war in Ukraine
Russia began the large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and currently has about one fifth from the territory of the neighboring country.
Still in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizehzia.
The Russians slowly advance through the east and Moscow gives no signs of abandoning their main war goals. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, president of the United States, pressures for a peace agreement.
Ukraine has made increasingly bold attacks within Russia and says the operations aim to destroy essential infrastructure of the Russian army.
Putin’s government, in turn, intensified air attacks, including drones offensive.
Both sides deny target civilians, but thousands died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainians.
Thousands of soldiers are also believed to have died on the front, but neither side releases numbers of military lows. The United States claim that 1.2 million people were injured or killed in the war.
