PoliticsEuropean politicians take summer break at inopportune time for Ukraine, Zelensky says
Volodymyr Zelensky says European allies and other countries supporting Ukraine have spent the past two weeks on vacation, leaving aid issues unaddressed. A Ukrainian lawmaker put the budget shortfall at €49.5 billion, including about €26 billion in expected external funding that was not secured. Kyiv acknowledges its own resources are exhausted and financing is becoming harder to find.
European politicians take summer break at inopportune time for Ukraine, Zelensky says