The EU's foreign chief Kaja Kallas hopes to get as many member states as possible on board with a package of approximately 440 billion kronor to Ukraine in 2025. The idea is that each country will contribute in proportion to the size of its economy.
However, no clear signal is expected in the near future, neither at the foreign ministers' meeting on Monday nor at the EU leaders' summit on Thursday.
There is broad political support for the initiative, which is good. But there are many details that need to be ironed out, and the defense ministers also need to have their say, explains Kallas herself on her way into the Monday meeting.
Both she and several of the participants are skeptical about Russia and President Vladimir Putin really wanting to negotiate about either peace or a ceasefire.
The conditions they have presented show that they do not really want peace, believes Kallas.
There is no room for peace in Putin's imperialist plan. His actions speak louder than words, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys.
I'm not particularly optimistic about Putin doing anything. But I can be positively surprised, says Denmark's Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
The EU's foreign chief Kaja Kallas has proposed support of 40 billion dollars to Ukraine, where each country contributes according to its economic strength. The idea is that it should be voluntary to participate, in the hope of thus preventing unwilling countries from stopping the entire support.
That Hungary, in particular, does not want to support Ukraine further is criticized by several of the other EU countries.
We're talking about Europe's existential interests and cannot be held hostage by one of the countries, says, for example, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys.
