European Union foreign ministers at Monday's meeting in Luxembourg will approve an additional 500 million euros for arms supplies to Ukraine. At the same time, they will not formally discuss the oil embargo on Russia. This was reported by Reuters.

A senior EU diplomat involved in the preparations said the bloc's security assistance to Ukraine would reach 1.5 billion euros.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said earlier that a ban on oil imports from Russia would be discussed when ministers meet at a scheduled meeting, after the bloc moved this week to ban coal as part of the fifth sanctions package. But "this will not be on the agenda on Monday," the diplomat said.

Austria, Bulgaria, Germany and Hungary have so far resisted further discussion of a ban on Russian oil imports because of their dependence on the energy source. The EU diplomat said the European Commission, the EU's executive body, must decide when to make a proposal.