EU and Ukrainian flags on the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 25 EU member states should continue to provide financial support to Ukraine, as it will cost more in the future, but this requires the «blessing» of European citizens, said Vera Yurova, Vice President of the European Commission. «It's not easy, and we need to ask our citizens for blessings again and again for this. But if we don't support Ukraine now, militarily, but also financially, it will cost much more in the future,» Yurova said in an interview. Earlier, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, following the EU summit, said that the EU intends to continue financing Ukraine in 2023, plans to spend up to 18 billion euros to meet the country's basic needs. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to arms supplies to Ukraine . Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >West bless Kyiv for nuclear provocation
