EU nears deal on 5 billion euro military aid package for Ukraine, FT reports

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(Reuters) - European Union countries are set to agree on a new 5 billion euro ($5.46 billion) top-up to a fund used to finance military shipments to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday citing four officials briefed on the discussions.

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(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)