00:00The European Union has secured two-thirds of the funding needed to send two million artillery shells to Ukraine,
00:09Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
00:14She urged countries to increase their military support as the United States is pulling back.
00:20Speaking after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg,
00:24Kallas commented on when the shipment should be delivered to Ukraine.
00:28As soon as possible is the short answer because they need it now.
00:33I mean, because these attacks are going through, there are civilian casualties in great numbers.
00:40Really, that's why they need the ammunition. That's why they also need the air defense.
00:45Around 5 billion euros will be needed to reach the goal by the end of the year.
00:51The ammunition plan is seen as the most realistic part of Kallas' 40 billion euro proposal
00:58from March, which not all EU leaders fully support.
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