Portugal will provide Ukraine with €126M in aid under a new security agreement, and the EU will deliver 500,000 artillery shells.

On May 28, Ukraine signed a security agreement with Portugal, which includes the provision of €126M in military aid by the end of the year and support in defense sector reforms, demining, and reconstruction. The agreement also provides additional military equipment and other necessary capabilities in the land, air, sea, space, and cyber spheres and support for developing Ukraine’s security and defense forces.

Meanwhile, European leaders said they plan to hand over an additional 500,000 artillery shells purchased under the Czech initiative to Ukraine by the end of 2024. The first batch will arrive in a few days.

It became known after a meeting between Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and a group of EU leaders in Prague that more than €1.6B has already been collected for the Czech Republic’s artillery initiative.

Meanwhile, the Lithuanian government allocated €13.5M to purchase aerial surveillance radars for Ukraine and will deliver them by the end of this year.