BRUSSELS, 21 Oct. - (ANA) - European countries, worried about Russia’s plans on the continent and viewing Ukraine as a bulwark against Moscow’s ambitions, are trying to take up the slack of any falloff in U.S. supplies, but some key assets are American-made.

 

European countries and European Union institutions have allocated 237 billion euros ($266 billion) to support Ukraine, compared with 115 billion euros ($129 billion) from the U.S., according to Germany’s Kiel Institute, which tracks assistance to Kyiv.

 

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday questioned whether U.S. negotiators have been honest brokers in peace efforts. Ukrainian officials say the Trump administration has encouraged Kyiv to surrender land to Russia in return for peace.

 

“Although American negotiators have been trying to push Ukraine into surrender for … one and a half years now,” Ukraine has not surrendered on Putin’s terms “because Europe has been supporting Ukraine,” Kallas said.   - (ANA) -

 

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