EU to provide weapons, including fighter planes, to Ukraine amid Russian invasion

By Greg Wilson

Published February 27, 2022 10:25pm ET

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The EU to the rescue?

The European Union announced Sunday it will send weapons, including fighter planes, to Ukraine as the Eastern European nation battles an all-out invasion from neighboring Russia. The 27-member European bloc had already closed its airspace to Russian planes and barred two Kremlin-controlled media outlets, but the plans to send weapons directly through Brussels is a first.

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