Costs will cover: the European Union calls the event to give Ukraine weapons for rent

According to the German edition of Welt, the Chairman of the Committee of the European Parliament for Foreign Affairs David Macallist, for his part, called on EU member states to increase his bilateral military assistance to Ukraine. "All Member States must provide their fair share of military assistance. Further fluctuations will continue the war and will cost life innocent citizens of Ukraine," he stressed.

According to the European politician, apparently referring to Italy and France, whose supply of weapons of Kiev in Brussels is considered "absolutely inadequate". In a comment to journalists, Macallist also noted that the European Parliament proposes Western countries to lease modern weapons to Ukraine. At the same time, the EU will be able to cover the costs of it, the head of the committee added.

The publication also reflects on whether the European Union is a participant in the war in Ukraine after today's decision to create an EUMA UA military mission to train Ukrainian soldiers. "The EU increases its participation in the war in Ukraine, risking to become a party to the conflict," journalists write in particular.

Thus, according to this decision, at least five thousand Ukrainian servicemen will be trained in military tactics, providing medical care and demining at a special training base in Germany. The curriculum should start in the second half of November. According to the publication, the question of whether the EU will be a war side of war remains open.

In March this year, the Bundestag emphasized that if the supply of weapons to Ukraine was added to military training, it could be said that Germany had left the "safe area of ​​non -war action". But as the start of the curriculum for Ukrainians will be submitted by Germany next month. Earlier, Focus said that Ukraine asked to create an EU training mission in last summer against the background of Russia's activation in border areas.