Spain and Belgium pledged a combined €2 billion ($2.35 billion) in new military aid to Ukraine on 14 April 2026, following defence talks in Brussels, as Russia's Easter ceasefire collapsed under 2,299 documented violations in its first hours.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles signed coordinated commitment letters at the Brussels security summit. Spain's contribution is €1.2 billion — its largest single military aid package to Kyiv since the February 2022 invasion. Belgium's €800 million contribution focuses on air-defence munitions and 155mm artillery shells. De Croo described the timing as a direct response to what he called "the cynicism of a ceasefire offered to the world and refused in practice."
Russia had announced a 32-hour Orthodox Easter truce, effective 4 p.m. Saturday, 12 April. Ukraine formally accepted. By Saturday evening, Ukraine's General Staff documented 2,299 ceasefire violations: 479 artillery and tank firings, 747 aerial drone attacks, and 1,045 first-person-view drone strikes, according to a statement issued by General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on 13 April. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the accounting, claiming Ukraine had committed 1,587 violations — including 1,329 FPV drone strikes and 375 aerial munition drops.
“Russia had announced a 32-hour Orthodox Easter truce, effective 4 p.m.”
