{"id":1306761,"date":"2025-10-15T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-european-union-is-actively-preparing-for-war-with-russia-details\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:04:29","slug":"the-european-union-is-actively-preparing-for-war-with-russia-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-european-union-is-actively-preparing-for-war-with-russia-details\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Union is actively preparing for war with Russia: details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The EU has begun active preparations for a potential war with Russia \u2014 the European Commission has developed a plan to prepare countries for combat readiness by 2030.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-15\/eu-military-plan-pitches-drone-and-air-defense-projects-for-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is stated<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Bloomberg article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The document, which the news agency reviewed, states that European countries should coordinate their defense spending and quickly create coalitions to jointly implement new defense programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, the plan envisages that by the end of 2027, EU countries will carry out 40% of their defense procurement jointly. This figure is more than double the current figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAuthoritarian states are increasingly interfering in our societies and economies. Traditional allies and partners are shifting their focus to other regions of the world. A militarized Russia poses a constant threat to European security in the near future,\u201d the document states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plan could change along the way. The EU will present it on Thursday, and leaders will discuss the proposal at a summit in Brussels next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTomorrow we will propose clear targets and milestones to close capability gaps, accelerating defence investment in all member states,\u201d said commission spokesman Thomas Rainier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Europe is focusing on air and missile defense, drones and means to combat them and will apply Ukraine&#8217;s experience, and there is also talk of creating coalitions to manage these projects, which are to be launched by the middle of next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, all contracts and financing must be concluded by the end of 2028 to meet the deadline and prepare for 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU has already agreed a \u20ac150 billion fund to help finance the build-up of Europe&#8217;s military strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, it is also proposed to create a fund of up to 1 billion euros with the European Investment Bank by 2026 to support defense projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/khochesh-myru-hotuysia-do-viyny-yes-bezpilotnykamy-zakhyshchatyme-skhidni-kordony-vid-rosii\/\">the European Union is preparing to strengthen the bloc&#8217;s eastern borders<\/a> by using unmanned aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n<p> As you know, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yevropa-rozrobyla-chotyry-oboronni-proiekty-dlia-zakhystu-vid-rosii-detali-propozytsiy\/\">the European Commission has proposed four defense projects<\/a> , according to which the EU plans to counter Russian air aggression.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU has begun active preparations for a potential war with Russia \u2014 the European Commission has developed a plan to prepare countries for combat readiness by 2030. This is stated in the Bloomberg article. The document, which the news agency reviewed, states that European countries should coordinate their defense spending and quickly create coalitions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1284542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1306761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1284542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}