At their last meeting in 2022, EU leaders agreed to provide 18 billion euros in aid to Ukraine and impose a ninth package of sanctions against Russia. After the leaders of the 27 EU countries agreed on the sanctions plan at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday, EU member states’ foreign ministries are expected to finalize it on Friday, AAA news agency reported.

Some 200 Russian individuals are expected to be sanctioned and banned from investing in the Russian mining industry. In an address to the leaders of the 27 EU countries, Ukraine’s president said: “In the next 6 months, more efforts should be made to support us.”

air defense equipment and energy supplies. EU leaders also agreed to give Ukraine 18 billion euros next year. Hungary was one of the opponents of this plan, but eventually agreed to it. European and Western countries, especially the U.S., took no action to stop the war with the outbreak of war in Ukraine, increasing sanctions pressure on Russia and supplying Kiev with all kinds of weapons, thereby stoking the fire of conflict.

The French president announced at the “International Conference in Support of Civil Resilience in Ukraine” an additional $80 million package of support for Kiev to provide Ukraine with electricity.

According to AFP news agency, Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday at a conference in support of civil resilience in Ukraine, “France has already allocated 151.5 million euros to Ukraine since the beginning of 2022.” He also announced another 48.5 million euros in the coming days for this purpose, as well as an additional 76.5 ($80 million) million euros for electricity.

In November, France transferred 100 generators of 5 to 100 kVA to Ukraine as part of an EU plan to transfer 500 generators to Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking at this conference, said: “Ukraine needs about 1.5 billion euros just for the surface restoration of the energy infrastructure”.

It should be noted that two international conferences “Solidarity with the people of Ukraine” and “Rebuilding Ukraine” were held in the French capital on Tuesday. At this conference, which was held with the virtual participation of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in addition to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, two ministers and the First Lady of Ukraine and officials from 48 countries were also present.