BRUSSELS, December 15. /TASS/. Ukraine is in the urgent need of missiles and other ammunition, as well as air defense systems, the European Council said in a statement, issued during its summit in Brussels.

"The European Council stresses the urgent need to accelerate the delivery of missiles and ammunition, notably under the one million rounds of artillery ammunition initiative, and to provide Ukraine with more air defense systems," the statement says.

Besides, leaders of the 27-nation union asked the European Council to boost financing of the European Peace Facility, which provides military aid to Ukraine.

"The European Council invites the Council to intensify work on the reform of the European Peace Facility and the further increase of its financing," the statement says.

The EU leaders underscored that "the European Union and its Member Stateswill continue to address Ukraine’s pressing military and defense needs."

"In particular, the European Council insists on the importance of timely, predictable and sustainable military support for Ukraine, notably through the European Peace Facility and the EU Military Assistance Mission, as well as through direct bilateral assistance by Member States.," the joint statement continues.

It reaffirms that the EU will continue to provide political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine and its people for as long as it takes.