EU Will Have to Consider Boosting Aid for Ukraine, Borrell Says

Natalia Ojewska

12 November 2024 at 3:48 am

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union has “to consider a scenario where our support” for Ukraine increases in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in US presidential election, according to the EU’s top foreign policy official Josep Borrell.

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