Kaja Kallas and two other senior EU officials made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday for talks with President Zelenskyy on how to scale up the bloc's support.
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00:00EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANTONIO COSTA SAID STEPS TOWARDS UKRAINE'S GRADUAL ACCESSION
00:07TO THE EU COULD BE TAKEN DURING NEW NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL START NEXT YEAR.
00:13Costa and the EU's new foreign chief Kaya Kalas made a surprise visit to Kyiv on the
00:17first day of the mandate of the new European Commission.
00:22Costa also outlined the details of an additional 4.2 billion euros to Ukraine.
00:27On top of this, starting next month, we plan to provide for a full year, every month, 1.5
00:38billion euros of assistance.
00:42This money comes from the proceeds of Russians' frozen assets and can also be used for military
00:52purposes.
00:54European President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with both Costa and Kalas during their visit.
00:59With Kalas, Zelensky discussed the need for air defense systems.
01:03Kalas said the EU will do whatever it takes for Ukraine to win the war against Russia.