Ukraine: Zelenskiy Urges EU Leaders To Approve Aid For Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes a statement in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday (December 15) urged leaders to approve the aid his country needs nearly 10 months into the war.

EU leaders tried at a summit on Thursday to resolve disagreements standing in the way of deals on a major aid package for Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia.

At the end of a year when the EU closed ranks to support Ukraine after Russia’s invasion with unprecedented sanctions, but often struggled to agree on how much pressure to put on Moscow, leaders were held up on several fronts.