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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a speech on Sunday, the last day of the Munich Security Conference, that the West must provide more military aid to Ukraine and speed up its deliveries. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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12:18pm: France says to send Kyiv armoured vehicles within week
France said on Sunday it will begin delivering the armoured vehicles it has promised Ukraine in its war against Russia by next weekend.
The vehicles, of the AMX-10 type and sometimes described as “light tanks”, are used for armed reconnaissance and attacks on enemy tanks.
The first vehicles will be sent to Ukraine “by the end of next week”, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu told Le Parisien newspaper’s Sunday edition.
He declined to specify the number of vehicles in the first batch, saying he did not want to give Russia any “strategic information”.
12:03pm: Kremlin says West not willing to engage in Ukraine peace efforts
The Kremlin on Sunday said that Western countries have not yet shown they are open or willing to engage in peaceful initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
“So far, there is no readiness or openness for peace initiatives on the part of the collective West,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency.
11:40am: ‘Without the US, there wouldn’t be a free Ukraine anymore’, Polish PM tells FRANCE 24
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland was in favour of delivering as many weapons as possible to Ukraine – including fighter jets – so that its military would be able to quickly regain Russian-ocuppied territory.
Full military support for Ukraine could make 2023 a “turning moment” in European history, Morawiecki said. “I do believe that 2023, with our determination, will be the end of the war in Ukraine. And…
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