The European Union is agreed on a project to provide security guarantees to Ukraine and Brussels is currently discussing it with Kyiv. This is reported by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, referring to a document in its possession.
According to the publication, the ambassadors of 27 EU countries have recently agreed on an 11-page text, which is designated as “confidential”. Brussels intends to provide guarantees no later than the beginning of July. Their action will continue until Kyiv joins the EU and NATO.
„The European Union and its Member States make a decisive contribution to ensuring the immediate and long-term security and resilience of Ukraine through military and civilian assistance, humanitarian, financial, trade and economic support, accommodation of displaced persons, support for reforms, reconstruction and recovery, as well as through restrictive measures and diplomatic support”, the newspaper quoted an excerpt from the document.
It notes that “in the event of aggression, the European Union and Ukraine intend to consult within 24 hours regarding the needs of Ukraine”. As the newspaper emphasizes, in this way Brussels rules out the intervention of European forces in the conflict in Ukraine, but promises to continue supplying weapons and training military personnel, providing assistance in reforming the security sector and demining the country, as well as cooperating in countering hybrid threats and cyberattacks.