Thread by @DaveKeating

Speaking after the emergency meeting of 🇪🇺 defence ministers EU High Rep @JosepBorrellF, says ministers agreed to provide #Ukraine with satellite intelligene to localize Russian troop movements.

“We are mobilizing our satellite center, which is based in Madrid."

Defence ministers were convened because "once the political decision [for the EU to arm Ukraine] was taken yesterday, it's a matter of defence policy and it's up to the ministers to implement these measures and use this funding," says Borrell.

"The military staff of the European Union have provided us with a value assessment of the situation, gathering all the intelligence information that the members states contribute," says Borrell.

"The Russian military campaign is becoming more ruthless."

Borrell says he is travelling to #Moldova on Wednesday to meet with government.

"We believe that the Russian pressure [on Moldova] could increase in the coming days"

(There is fear Russia's territorial ambition includes Moldova's Russian-backed breakaway region #Transnistria)

Borrell stresses that the EU *is* a military power (but many until now have been unwilling to see it that way).

"Alltogether our defence expenditure is *4 times* that of Russia and equal to that of China. But we cannot say it's equally efficient."

"There have been [Russian] cyberattacks against various ministries in #Ukraine and against the media," Borrell confirms.

"We are trying to help Ukraine fight these cyberattacks and that will be part of the aid we'll provide."

Borrell is travelling to #Moldova at a time of high risk. Before the war the Russian forces in the breakaway region of #Transnistria were preparing drills.

Former Romanian President Basescu urged 🇲🇩🇷🇴 to hold a snap referendum to reunite Moldova & #Romania to put it within #NATO