"Enough talking, it's time to act!" – wrote Tusk, addressing European countries.
In particular, the Prime Minister of Poland suggested:
- funding European assistance to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets;
- enhancing air patrols, "Baltic Watch" (a NATO operation to protect the underwater critical infrastructure of the Baltic Sea) and securing the EU border with the aggressor country, Russia;
- swiftly adopting new fiscal rules for financing the security and defense of the EU.
Earlier, on February 19, the five-point support plan for Ukraine was proposed to Europe by the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda.