Irish Examiner View: Ukraine's call for more arms carries an implicit risk

Previously, Ukraine has asked for 60 multiple launch-rocket systems and is now requesting five times as many.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Bucha town after its liberation from Russian occupiers. Picture: Dmytro Laryn

For Ukraine, every day and every week poses a special set of problems and challenges and the need to fine-tune diplomatic responses accordingly to keep consensus alive within the EU.

As the EU is set to clarify its timeline for considering Ukraine’s application for EU membership — European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the assessment will be finalised “by the end of next week” — an important discussion takes place in Brussels today. It is a meeting of defence chiefs, and the subject is weaponry.