Estonian President Alar Karis pledged to allocate 1.2 billion euros for Kyiv until the year 2027, after Ukraine’s President arrived in Estonia as part of his Baltic trip.

Estonia, as well as Lithuania and Latvia, have been among Kyiv’s staunchest supporters against Russian aggression, committing the highest gross domestic product (GDP) shares of all the allies.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Tallinn earlier on Jan. 11 as a second step of his tour. A day earlier, he was in Lithuania, where he received a pledge of nearly USD 220 million for the next 3 years. The president is scheduled to finalize his tour in Latvia.

During a joint press conference, Karis called on the EU to increase its military support for Ukraine as the country enters its third calendar year of an all-out war with Russia: “Ukraine needs more and better weapons. The capacity of the EU’s military industry must be increased so that Ukraine gets what it needs, not tomorrow, but today”.