Borrell says EU needs modern military

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. File photoBRUSSELS, May 22. Head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell said that the current security situation in Europe against the background of the Russian special operation in Ukraine indicates the need to create a joint European armed forces.»The new security situation suggests that the EU must take more responsibility for its security. For this, we need a modern unified European armed forces,» Borrell wrote in his article. He noted that the EU's military capacity does not match the challenges it faces, the alliance should allocate more funds to the defense budget. depletion of EU military stocks due to assistance to UkraineRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass.