The EU also has a small number of troops in Niger for a military training mission.
Spain cannot provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets because it did not have that jet, Spanish defence minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday that the death toll could rise.
“We will not be the garden in the middle of the jungle. We will not be the fancy garden in the middle of the jungle, and the jungle is growing,” said the EU diplomat.
Foreign ministers from the bloc will at a meeting discuss allegations that Iran is delivering drones to Russia in its war against Ukraine.
EU denounced the “falsified outcomes of illegal’’ referendums Russia held in occupied territories in Ukraine.
So far, Ukraine has received grants and loans worth €5.4 billion euros from the EU and military assistance worth €2.5 billion.
“EU strongly condemns Russian missile strike on Odessa’s seaport,” top EU foreign affairs envoy, Josep Borrell, wrote on Twitter.
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The EU said it remains committed to working with Nigeria to stop this spiral of violence, and find a lasting solution.
The Nordic nations are expected to submit their formal NATO applications at any moment, a reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
