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EU agrees extra 500 mn euros to arm Ukraine: diplomats

Kyiv pleads for heavier weapons

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(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, JAN 23 - EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to use an additional 500 million euros ($540 million) from their common coffers on arms for Ukraine, diplomats said, as Kyiv pleads for heavier weapons. The accord will take the overall amount committed to supplying Ukraine's military from the bloc's common spending to 3.6 billion euros, which is separate from national spending by individual EU member states.

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