Historic decision on candidate status could overshadow more vital issues
European leaders meeting in Brussels are expected to grant Ukraine
, but that historic decision threatens to overshadow more urgent questions about the country’s survival.has been crying out for weapons to defend its territory. EU leaders will call for swift work on “a further increase of military support for Ukraine”, according to a draft summit communique that offers scant detail on this vital question.
The EU has already agreed to fund €2bn in military aid for Ukraine, mostly for weapons, a historic first for the bloc. But the more pressing question may be how quickly European countries make good on delivering promised weapons. After complaints of foot-dragging from Berlin, earlier this week Ukraine welcomed the first delivery of heavy weapons from Germany, with the arrival of Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers.
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