Sweden plans $7 billion more military support for Ukraine to 2026

The Swedish government has agreed on additional military support to Ukraine totaling 75 billion crowns ($7.01 billion) over three years, it said on Wednesday.

EU May Sabotage Hungarian Economy if Budapest Does Not Lift Its Veto on Aid to Ukraine

The European Union will cease all funding to Hungary if Budapest does not lift its veto on providing military aid to Kiev by the bloc at a summit in Brussels on February 1, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing an EU document.

EU Officials Privately Panic Over Prospect of Pouring Billions More Into Ukrainian 'Black Hole’

Despite efforts to put on a brave face publicly and vowing to support Kiev “as long as it takes” in the West’s proxy war against Russia, EU officials admit privately that the crisis is ‘no longer a top priority’ for the day-to-day affairs of bloc countries, and question the rationale for pumping even more cash Ukraine’s way into a seemingly bottomless “black hole.”

South Korea signs $130 mln aid package with Ukrainian minister

South Korea signed an agreement with Ukraine on Wednesday on its plan to provide a $130 million financial aid package, a day after the visiting first lady of the war-hit country asked for military assistance.

1.5 billion of EU aid to Ukraine per month. Ukraine informed EC that needs 3-4 billion

 

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UNRWA Chief Slams 'Political Dimension' of US Aid Cut to Palestinians

The head of the UN agency for Palestinians criticized Tuesday the "political dimension" of the US decision to dramatically slash funding to the organization, warning the cuts could lead to rising instability.

Palestinians condemn Trump's aid 'blackmail'

Palestinians have condemned US President Donald Trump's threat to withhold future aid payments over what he called the Palestinians' unwillingness to talk peace with Israel as blackmail.

We don’t need you, you need us: Erdogan tells EU

EU unlocks first tranche of refugee aid in Turkey

The European Union has begun funding projects to meet the needs of Syrian refugees hosted inside Turkey and activated on March 4, 95 million euros out of the 3 billion euros the EU pledged last year to fund facilities for refugees.

EU finance ministers approve Greek bailout funds

EU finance ministers have formally approved the first tranche of a new €86bn bailout for Greece after parliaments in member states backed the move.

Fitch Upgrades Greece's Long-Term Currency Ratings to 'CCC'

Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it had upgraded Greece's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) by one notch to 'CCC' from 'CC'.

Gulf states pledge a further $12bn for Egypt

Gulf Arab allies have pledged a further $12bn of investments and central bank deposits for Egypt at an international summit, a big boost to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi as he tries to reform the economy after years of political upheaval.

Serbia dissatisfied with EC decision to invite Kosovo (the word "Kosovo" followed by an asterisk/donor conference in Brussels)

BELGRADE - Kosovo too will take part in the upcoming donor conference in Brussels, Belgrade-based daily Politika reports, and Ivan Mrkic, Serbian president's foreign policy advisor, says that Serbia is dissatisfied with the decision of the European Commission (EC) to invite Pristina to the event.
"I told (Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia) Michael Davenport and conference organizers, associates of French President (Francois) Hollande, that Kosovo should not be invited because they cannot even help themselves," Mrkic said.

Ukraine needs "direct" US military aid (Poroshenko)

Ukraine's leading presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko told The Washington Post Ukraine and the US should cooperate in military technical assistance and in advising assistance...

Ukraine needs direct US military aid, leading presidential candidate in the country’s elections told The Washington Post.
“Now we should create a new security treaty exactly like Lend-Lease,” Poroshenko said. “We should cooperate in military technical assistance and in advising assistance. We are ready to fight for independence, and we should build up the armed forces of Ukraine,” he stressed.

Victoria Nuland said U.S. had invested $5 billion since 1991. - US offers Ukraine US$50m aid package

The U.S. is concerned about the 'Russian hand' behind the destabilization in Eastern Ukraine, according to top U.S. diplomat for Europe.
Russia cannot declare its support to deescalate unrest in Ukraine and at the same time stir the tension up, Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State, said in an exclusive interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.