The work to create a package that is double, or more, as large as previously mentioned (6-10 billion euros) is being driven by the USA's and President Trump's increasingly harsh attacks on Ukraine and President Zelensky, as well as the USA's rapprochement with Russia and President Putin.
One of the EU leaders coordinating the work on the package is the EU's Foreign Minister, former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. The ambition is for it to be larger than previous support packages.
Kallas and several other EU leaders, as well as Nordic, Baltic, and European leaders, are expected to visit Kyiv on the three-year anniversary of the Russian attack and full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which takes place on Monday, February 24.
According to diplomatic sources, it is not certain that the package will become a single, formally unified EU package, as Putin-friendly members such as Hungary are expected to oppose it. It is more likely that it will instead become a package with contributions from EU countries that want to participate. Money, weapons, or other military equipment from countries outside the EU can also be added.
