Entering the summit of 🇪🇺 defence ministers in Brussels, 🇩🇪German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht says the EU's new rapid military deployment capability will be the "military heart" of the new European security policy.
It's a "clear signal" to 🇷🇺Russia, she says.
🇫🇮Finland's Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen says the #UkraineWar means there must be "more cooperation" in 🇪🇺EU defence, and "more steps forward".
"I hope we get results today, and later this week."
#Finland is not in #NATO but has recently been participating in NATO summits.
The defence minister of 🇸🇪#Sweden, also not in #NATO but recently in meetings, sounds same tone on the need for 🇪🇺EU to coordinate its military response.
He also echoes other ministers today on #Mariupol: "What Putin and the Russian government are doing is a repeated #WarCrime"
🇱🇺#Luxembourg's defence minister says that if the #StrategicCompass is adopted today (plan for new 🇪🇺 military powers) it will be "a historic moment...at a crucial moment of EU defence, with the Russian aggression against #Ukraine"
🇩🇪FM @ABaerbock said entering the summit that there needs to be greater burden sharing of #UkraineRefugees, not just in 🇪🇺 but also across the Atlantic.
A likely reference to 🇺🇸&🇬🇧 who are not allowing in 🇺🇦 refugees as the EU is and are requiring difficult to obtain visas.
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