However, the #EU is not allowed under its treaties to buy weapons. EU member countries are buying & sending weapons to #Ukraine, just as #NATO member countries are buying & sending weapons. EU countries set up the #EuropeanPeaceFacility so that countries which supply arms to Ukraine could be refunded to backfill their own stocks.
#Russia pounded Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, w/hundreds of drones & cruise & ballistic missiles that Ukraine's air defenses are struggling to counter.