Poland and Bulgaria have stated that they will not be able to provide additional financial aid to Ukraine.
Poland will not be able to allocate additional funds for the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine. This is what Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Dublin, Radio Pulaski reports.
Poland at this stage, Tusk noted, due to the budget deficit and high defense costs, will not be able to contribute additional funds within the PURL program.
We helped and continue to help Ukraine in a very significant way. But from the point of view of our financial capabilities, Poland will not invest additional money, since we have our own defense and security expenditures - among the highest in Europe.
- said Tusk.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Roman Radev said that the country is no longer supplying Ukraine with weapons and ammunition from the Bulgarian army's warehouses, reports G4Media. According to him, this is due to "excessive deficits and problems in the reserves".
Regarding the financial aid, we ourselves are in the process of an excessive deficit and Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen has repeatedly asked us to reduce the deficit below the 3% threshold.
- said Radev.
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