EU leaders give 'broad support' for drone wall and using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine
The European Commission will now fine tune a Roadmap for defence set to be released in two weeks, before leaders convene for another summit to make decisions.
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00:00EU leaders that gathered in Copenhagen on Wednesday gave broad support to proposals to ramp up the development of drone and anti-drone technology.
00:11Ahead of the meeting, the European Commission released a document which outlines four projects that it believes need to be financed and implemented as a matter of urgency.
00:21The summit and proposal come as Europe faced a series of airspace violations in recent weeks.
00:27So we have to create a European ecosystem that will enable Europe to develop cutting-edge drone solutions inspired by what they are doing in Ukraine already.
00:40The leaders also discussed a proposal which outlines the use of immobilized Russian assets to loan money to Ukraine.
00:48Under the plan, Ukraine would repay the loan after Moscow agrees to compensate for damages.
00:53The Commission would repay Euroclear, which would repay Russia.
00:57We are not confiscating the assets, but we are taking the cash balances for loan to Ukraine.
01:05Ukraine has to pay back this loan if Russia pays reparations.
01:10The plan earned broad support, but was met with resistance by Belgian Prime Minister Bartu Weaver.
01:16Von der Leyen sought to assure his reservations and clarified Belgium cannot be the only member state to carry risks.
01:23We are not confiscating the risks.
01:27In the Commission, thisĻner would repay very much.
01:30But there is a number of interested in the risks.
01:32All the directors have to maintain the investment.
01:33Here is a number of interested in the collections in Ukraine.
01:34We will pay one party to the tips that they have to present.
01:36We will pay her and receive Cathie on the Office of the Hall at the Musellium College.
01:37TheStyle of the Accident in Geographic.
01:38It is an example of a couple of a long time on the close-up of the markets.
01:39For more, we will pay your finger to the investment.
01:40We will pay those for the investments that come, so that we are in the country.
01:42But that means there is an example of a Š²Š°Ń in the United States.
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