EU leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, squabble over gas price cap

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
power generation specifically or on Russian gas only.The EU has been discussing the matter for weeks, so far without result, although the 27
have agreed other joint steps to help them weather an acute energy crunch as runaway prices threaten to bring about a recession in the
leaders on Oct
20-21 a broader package of short-term measures to lower prices and longer-term steps to redesign the electricity market.The cap is one of a
needs, and rocketing prices
competitive advantage for their businesses on the single market
has provided loans for furloughs during the COVID-19 pandemic.The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, underlined the need
determined to mobilise all possible tools and means to support Ukraine with financial means, with military support, with humanitarian
to our land ..
And only thanks to the fact that the Ukrainian people stopped this invasion by Russia, Russia cannot yet bring the same war to other parts
more air defence systems to protect Ukrainian energy infrastructure from Russian strikes, for international pressure to remove Russian
Borrell, said he wanted the bloc to earmark more money for military support for Ukraine, including for training, and that specific proposals
on that would be discussed later this month.Scholz pledged an important German contribution to the European training mission but, ahead of a
reconstruction conference in Berlin on Oct
25, also warned that rebuilding Ukraine would take a generation.Source: Reuters--Agencies
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