German finance minister Christian Lindner said he backedĮxtra spending on Ukraine, but not increases elsewhere. Payments, for migration policy and to spur more investment in The other money is earmarked to cover higher interest The partįor Ukraine would be €17 billion, with a further €33 billion of loans. The European Commission has proposed increasing the EU'sīudget until 2027 by €66bn (£56.6bn). Support Ukraine, whose economy has been damaged by Russia's Ms Calvino added that more technical work would be needed to Have a stable framework in place by January 2024," she said. "The Spanish presidency is committed to proceed swiftly to Spanish finance minister Nadia Calvino told a newsĬonference that EU finance ministers meeting today hadīacked continued financial support for Ukraine. Remain over other spending that threaten to delay the aid package for Kyiv. Through a top-up of its long-term budget, although differences Ministers have unanimously backed extra funds for Ukraine Mr Johnson was the UK's prime minister when the war broke out and had been a key ally for Ukraine. He added that membership of the alliance had worked for the Baltic states and Eastern Europe, therefore it was time to "get Ukraine into NATO as fast as we can". "As long as Ukraine is deprived of those formal Article 5 NATO security guarantees that ensure the collective defence of all members, Putin will continue to inflict murder and mayhem - and to destabilise the world and the world economy." "When will we learn the lesson of the past 20 years of handling Putin? It is our very ambiguity, our vacillation, our sucking-and-blowing-at-once, which has prompted him to invade," he said. The former prime minister said Kyiv had done more than enough to demonstrate its fitness for NATO membership and that "no country is in greater need of NATO membership". In his latest column for the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson has criticised NATO for not giving Ukraine clear guidance on when they can join the alliance. That's why for us, his not coming is the best solution. "It's almost like you invite your friend to your house, and then arrest them. Of course, we cannot arrest him," deputy president Paul Mashatile said. Mr Putin hasn't yet travelled to a country that is a signatory to the court treaty since the arrest warrant against him was issued. Having already decided not to condemn Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, South Africa faces the prospect of further straining relations with the West if it allows Putin to freely attend the summit of the BRICS emerging economies bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. South African authorities are likely to breach the treaty and not arrest Mr Putin, but some opposition parties, rights groups and legal activists have said he should be arrested and have threatened to do it themselves, raising security issues for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit in Johannesburg. Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in Johannesburg next month but the country is desperately trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant, South Africa's deputy president said in an interview today.Īs a signatory to the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, South Africa is obliged to arrest Mr Putin on an indictment the court issued against the Russian leader in March for war crimes involving the abduction of children from Ukraine. Sky News has not independently verified the attack and Sky's defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke has doubts about the claim. Ukraine said this was the system used in the strike on the 27 June against the Ria pizza restaurant in the city of Kramatorsk, a key hub in the Ukrainian-held part of Donetsk. The location of the S-400 – designed as an air defence system but also used by the Russians to hit targets on the ground – is thought to have been near the Russian-held city of Debaltseve, in the eastern province of Donetsk. It did not say when the strike happened, other than it was recent. “HIMARS deliver the best revenge,” said the post by the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security of Ukraine. Ukraine has claimed it destroyed in revenge a Russian S-400 missile system that was used in a devastating attack against a pizza restaurant that killed 13 people, including children and the famous Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina.Ī government-linked social media account posted a photograph on Twitter of the wreckage of the weapon, which it said was taken out by Ukrainian HIMARS – an American-made multiple-rocket launcher. By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor
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