EU announces military aid package to supply Moldova with radar system

According to the article, most of the package’s funding will be used to purchase a ground-based early warning radar. The remaining funds are intended for the purchase of military vehicles, engineering equipment, communication equipment, and software to protect against cyber-attacks.

The money will be allocated from the European Peace Fund, which is also used to finance most of the EU’s collective security assistance to Ukraine, including the long-anticipated large-scale artillery shell procurement program. The decision to allocate funds to Moldova is expected to be approved by early April.

In 2022, Moldova received about EUR 40 million from the European Peace Fund to support the country's armed and security forces. Recently, the speaker of the Moldovan parliament, Igor Grosu, said that the government is counting on EU assistance in upgrading the country's air defences.

Over the course of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian cruise missiles violated Moldovan airspace on several occasions.