July 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine is asking its European Union partners to direct €6.6 billion ($7.5 billion) available under the European Peace Facility to military aid, to take advantage of what is sees as a six-to-nine month “window of opportunity” on the battlefield.
Ukraine’s total defence need is estimated at around €136 billion this year, with the Ukrainian budget covering around €53 billion of that amount, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a letter reviewed by Reuters.
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(Reporting by Max Hunder; Writing by Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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