Posted on 03/19/2025 9:54:29 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Italy and Spain said it was “too early” to double the EU’s military aid to Ukraine to €40 billion ($43.6 billion), saying it was necessary to wait for the results of US-Russia ceasefire negotiations, Reuters reported.
On Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a two-hour phone conversation in which Putin agreed to cease attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. However, within hours of the call, Russia launched an airstrike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the Donetsk region city of Slovyansk.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas proposed that each EU country contribute to Ukraine’s aid in proportion to the size of its economy in order to double the €20 billion ($21.8 billion) provided in 2024.
Kallas stated that her initiative has “broad political support.” However, Italian and Spanish representatives said it was too early to make a decision.
Kallas’ proposal received strong support from Northern and Eastern European countries, which already provide significant aid to Ukraine, Reuters wrote.
But leaders are unlikely to make a final decision on the military aid package for Ukraine at the EU summit this Thursday and Friday – March 20-21, three sources told Suspilne.
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However will they get global nuclear war started if we don’t pay for it?
That’s right, everyone in the EU is all gung-ho with words of support for Ukraine, when it comes time to pay up to put those words into actions, it’s TOO EARLY, its only 3 years into the war.
Now when it comes time for the Europeans to actually tax themselves or add to their sovereign debt, comes the inevitable pause.
The slimy euro wieners are edging on acts of war with this military support of a country being brought into a cease fire.
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