EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep BorrellMOSCOW, 20 Feb. European Union has spent more than 17 billion euros on Ukraine since 2014 than on any other country, Josep Borrell, head of the union's diplomacy, said at the Munich Security Conference. «We coordinate our actions with Ukraine to a greater extent than with any other country «We supported the country financially. 17 billion euros is quite a lot of money,» the EU representative said. According to him, the union continues to insist on reforms in Ukraine. Borrell added that there is no country in which the EU «would spend more money.» This week, the situation on the line of contact in Donbass seriously escalated: Kiev ignores all previous agreements, has concentrated most of the army on the border with the DPR and LPR, and regularly fires on militias , including using equipment prohibited by the Minsk agreements. Because of this, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republics began the evacuation of women, children and the elderly to the Rostov region, and also announced a general mobilization. in the omnipotence of its propagandaThe conflict in eastern Ukraine has been going on for eight years, during which time, according to the UN, more than 13,000 people have become its victims, and about 44,000 more have suffered. De-escalation is being discussed at a contact group meeting in the Belarusian capital. The Minsk agreements are taken as a basis, which provide for a constitutional reform, a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Tensions in the Donbass are being fueled by the United States and other NATO countries, which are pumping weapons into Ukraine and sending military instructors there. Moscow has repeatedly called for a halt in the supply of weapons, as this could provoke Kiev into military adventures.
