After the meeting, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy Kallas said member states have not made any new decision to supply
Patriot missiles to Ukraine. One option under discussion is temporarily lending
missiles from member states' and EU partners' inventories with later
replacement; she said replacement costs could be covered by the EU's €90bn aid
loan to Ukraine. Kallas added the EU has so far approved procurement plans worth
€28.3bn under that loan, which include Patriot missiles to be produced in the
US.