The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced, on Sunday 6 November, during a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, that the Commission would present this week a substantial EU financial package of up to €1.5 billion per month, totalling up to €18 billion.
This amount should contribute “significantly to cover Ukraine’s financing needs for 2023”, the Commission said in a statement, adding that the two leaders had...