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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Belgium, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nations had agreed "in principle" on the plan to support arms supplies to Kyiv in 2024.
The EU has already committed β¬6.1 billion from the fund to reimburse part of the cost of arms sent by member states to Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
Diplomats have reached a compromise that allows for some flexibility on "buy European" rules and considers bilateral aid value in calculating financial contributions of members.
"The message is clear: we will support Ukraine with whatever it takes to prevail," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wroted onΒ X, formerly Twitter.
The EU decision on Wednesday comes a day after the White House announced a fresh $300 million weapons package for Ukraine as a stopgap measure on Tuesday.
Some of the money in the European Peace Facility will be used to help finance a Czech initiative to buy hundreds of thousands of desperately needed artillery shells from countries outside Europe.
The original article contains 328 words, the summary contains 165 words. Saved 50%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
Is that a lot of money? Cause I can't tell