EU Raises Ukraine Military Aid By 2-B Euros

The EU Council has increased the ceiling for Ukraine's military aid fund by 2 billion euros, said Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kyiv Independent reported.

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This development came as the Lithuanian parliament tagged the Wagner Group as a terrorist organization that poses a threat to the security of the Lithuanian state and society, the Baltic News Service reported. Netherlands to deliver 2 minehunter ships to Ukraine.

The Netherlands has pledged to donate two Alkmaar class minehunter ships to Ukraine, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said, while Poland may send MiG-29 jets to Ukraine in four to six weeks, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a press conference on Mar. 14, the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported.

On the war front, the Ukrainian General Staff: said Russia has lost 160,540 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

It added that Russia had also lost 3,484 tanks, 6,789 armored fighting vehicles, 5,367 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,519 artillery systems, 495 multiple launch rocket systems, 260 air defense systems, 304 airplanes, 289 helicopters, 2,120 drones, and 18 boats.

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