{"id":138269,"date":"2025-03-17T07:40:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/kallas-pitches-plan-to-potentially-mobilise-e40-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:40:49","slug":"kallas-pitches-plan-to-potentially-mobilise-e40-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/kallas-pitches-plan-to-potentially-mobilise-e40-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Kallas pitches plan to \u2019potentially\u2019 mobilise \u20ac40 billion in military aid for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138269\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The new initiative by Kaja Kallas is facing unresolved questions and political resistance that threaten to slow down its approval and roll-out. High Representative Kaja Kallas has pitched an ambitious plan to mobilise up to \u20ac40 billion in fresh military support for Ukraine, which, if achieved, would represent a twofold increase from the defence assistance the European Union provided last year.<\/p>\n<p>The plan, already nicknamed &#8221;the Kallas initiative&#8221; in Brussels, seeks to fulfill Ukraine&#8217;s priority needs to fight Russia&#8217;s war of aggression, with special emphasis on artillery ammunition, air defence systems, missiles, drones and fighter jets. Non-lethal provisions, such as training and equipment for Ukrainian brigades, will also be taken into account to ensure the participation of neutral member states. The donations can be made through direct deliveries of hardware or financial contributions, ideally designed to foster purchases from Ukraine&#8217;s defence industry, which has expanded at a rapid pace in the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>Kallas says the initiative should be worth &#8221;at least \u20ac20 billion&#8221; and &#8221;potentially&#8221; reach \u20ac40 billion, according to the latest version of the document dated 13 March and seen by Euronews. A previous draft did not feature a clear-cut economic figure.<\/p>\n<p>The wording of the plan is noteworthy. It speaks of &#8221;participating&#8221; countries, which implies a shift towards a coalition of the willing that might \u2013 or might not \u2013 correspond with the 27 member states. Hungary has become a vocal critic of military assistance for Ukraine, going as far as blocking the joint conclusions of a special summit last week. Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has described this assistance as a &#8221;pro-war&#8221; agenda that goes against Donald Trump&#8217;s goal to achieve a settlement between the warring parties. (Orb\u00e1n has refused to say whether Vladimir Putin has a pro-war or a pro-peace agenda.)<\/p>\n<p>For almost two years, Hungary has maintained a veto on \u20ac6.6 billion in funds under the European Peace Facility (EPF), which is meant to partially reimburse member states for the weapons and ammunition they send to Ukraine. Diplomats have tried several avenues to circumvent Budapest and release the EPF, but nothing has worked yet.<\/p>\n<p>Kallas seems keen to avoid the same mistake and is framing her new initiative as a voluntary scheme that could evade Hungary&#8217;s negative vote. Slovakia, another staunch critic of military assistance for Kyiv, might also stand in the way. The latest draft says &#8221;participating states are encouraged&#8221; to come up with fresh contributions, a language that falls short of mandatory. The pledges should be communicated to Brussels by 30 April.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Kallas is opening the coalition to countries outside the bloc, such as the United Kingdom and Norway, who have become closely involved in the ongoing discussions around security guarantees for Ukraine. Earlier this month, Norway boosted its 2025 pledge to NOK 50 billion, equivalent to a whopping \u20ac8.19 billion. &#8221;The Kallas initiative is open to third states,&#8221; a high-ranking EU official confirmed on Friday. &#8221;The more countries participate, the better it is to also fulfill Ukraine&#8217;s needs to be in a strong position in the trajectory ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/03\/14\/kallas-pitches-plan-to-potentially-mobilise-40-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/03\/14\/kallas-pitches-plan-to-potentially-mobilise-40-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/kallas-pitches-plan-to-potentially-mobilise-e40-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine\/\">Kallas pitches plan to \u2019potentially\u2019 mobilise \u20ac40 billion in military aid for Ukraine<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,14963,12750],"class_list":["post-138269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-kallas","tag-military-aid"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}