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For the first time in its history, the European Commission financed the purchase and transport of weapons. The package cost 450 million euros ($502m) to be delivered to the Kyiv regime.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/russia-ukraine-crisis-us-tells-nationals-to-consider-leaving-russia-immediately/cid/1853839</ref> The European Commission also closed its airspace to Russian commercial airflight.
For the first time in its history, the European Commission financed the purchase and transport of weapons. The package cost 450 million euros ($502m) to be delivered to the Kyiv regime.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/russia-ukraine-crisis-us-tells-nationals-to-consider-leaving-russia-immediately/cid/1853839</ref> The European Commission also closed its airspace to Russian commercial airflight.
On March 11, 2022, EU external minister Josep Borrell back peddled on EU policy which provoked the war,
On March 11, 2022, EU external minister [[Josep Borrell]] back peddled on EU policy which provoked the war,
{{quotebox-float|"I am ready to admit that we made a number of mistakes and that we lost the possibility of Russia’s rapprochement with the West. There are moments that we could do better, there are things that we proposed and then could not implement, such as, for example, the promise that Ukraine and Georgia will become part of NATO."<ref>https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/west-made-mistake-in-promising-ukraine-nato-membership-borrell</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"I am ready to admit that we made a number of mistakes and that we lost the possibility of Russia’s rapprochement with the West. There are moments that we could do better, there are things that we proposed and then could not implement, such as, for example, the promise that Ukraine and Georgia will become part of NATO."<ref>https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/west-made-mistake-in-promising-ukraine-nato-membership-borrell</ref>}}
On April 9, 2022 Borrell announced more military aid to the [[Maidan coup|Kyiv regime]], which came to power in a [[coup]] that overthrew the [[democratic]]ally elected president, saying that the conflict “will be won on the battlefield," a rather curious, if not foolish and downright dangerous statement given that the European Union has no military forces of its own.<ref>https://armedia.am/eng/news/103100/this-war-will-be-won-on-the-battlefield-borrell.html</ref> Borrell appeared to be encouraging [[Ukrainian]] forces to continue fighting in a lost cause to perpetuate more needless slaughter.
On April 9, 2022 Borrell announced more military aid to the [[Maidan coup|Kyiv regime]], which came to power in a [[coup]] that overthrew the [[democratic]]ally elected president, saying that the conflict “will be won on the battlefield," a rather curious, if not foolish and downright dangerous statement given that the European Union has no military forces of its own.<ref>https://armedia.am/eng/news/103100/this-war-will-be-won-on-the-battlefield-borrell.html</ref> Borrell appeared to be encouraging [[Ukrainian]] forces to continue fighting in a lost cause to perpetuate more needless slaughter.