The EU allocates €170 million to protect its borders from the Russian Federation

The EU allocated 170 million euros to Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Norway to strengthen border protection with the Russian Federation and Belarus.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the allocation of financial support for the protection of the borders of six European countries bordering Russia and Belarus. She announced this after a conversation with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on the Hu platform on Wednesday, December 11.

The head of the commission emphasized that Finland, together with the Baltic states, Poland and Norway, courageously "protects our borders" from all forms of threats coming from Russia and Belarus.

"They protect our common borders. That is why today we are allocating 170 million euros to support their efforts," von der Leyen added.