Prime Minister Donald Tusk, after the informal European Council, pointed out that safety issues were peculiarly crucial among the topics discussed during the summit. associate State leaders besides made contact with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski.
President Zelenski stressed the immediate, possibly decisive destiny of the war the request to supply Ukraine with systems that could fight Russian missiles and drones said the Prime Minister.
Olaf Scholz besides calls
Germany provided Ukraine with another set of Patriot batteries and called on another countries with akin capabilities to join the initiative. It is worth mentioning at this point that, following the conclusion of the informal EU summit in Brussels, Chancellor Olaf Scholz reported that he had many discussions on arms supplies that would aid defend Ukrainian airspace. Germany, which announced the transfer of the 3rd Patriot strategy to Ukraine last week, is now making the "greatest contribution" to Ukraine's air defence.
However, Prime Minister Donald Tusk stressed that Berlin's appeal did not concern Poland. He explained that our country does not presently have adequate Patriot systems to share them. He added that no 1 expects this from Poland as a front country. He stressed that everyone understood the request to defend their own sky, especially in connection with incidents with Russian rockets.
Billions for Ukraine from the USA
The Prime Minister pointed out that the situation on the Ukrainian front was critical and that the coming weeks could decide the result of the war. We are waiting for the American decision on the $60 billion case for Ukraine. It should be settled in 2 days, but the question mark is inactive in the air. – Tusk said.
Let us remind you that the political deadlock in the issue of helping the United States to Ukraine will shortly come to an end. On 20 April, the home of Representatives is to vote on 3 projects of aid laws.
Support for 🇺🇦 (total $60.84 billion)
$23.2 billion to replenish U.S. resources after Ukrainian arms transfer
📌$11.3 billion for the ongoing US military operations in the region
$13.8 billion in arms and services transfer for Ukraine
📌$9.5 billion of economical aid (as loan)⬇️ /4 pic.twitter.com/PrKkTjhp7b
— Mateusz M. Piotrowski (@m_m_piotrowski) April 18, 2024
Pro-Russian misinformation in Europe
The head of the Polish government reported that EU associate State leaders discussed the threat of Russian attempts to interfere in the elections to the European Parliament. This active the usage of misinformation and another forms of cyber aggression during the elections. For example, the Prime Minister pointed out a scandal related to the Voice of Europe portal, which, as established by the Czech civilian counterintelligence, published pro-Russian and disinformation content. Czech intelligence besides discovered that people connected to the portal could pay politicians from respective European countries.
Today this is peculiarly crucial in the context of information about the arrest of a Pole who was in the process of preparing the assassination of president Zelenski. His attempts to contact Russian intelligence are known. His arrest was absolutely legitimate. said the Prime Minister.
If all the words were said in the last years here in Brussels about common defence, could be changed into builds and Rocket launchers, Europe would have been the strongst power in the world. And the festival place.
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) April 18, 2024
