Moreover, the downward trend has existed since April.
Military support of Ukraine on the part of Europe, it has been gradually decreasing since April, and in July European countries did not give Ukraine any new “military promises” at all. This is reported by Politico with reference to data from the Kiel Institute of the World Economy.
According to new data, Europe's six largest countries did not make any new military commitments to Ukraine throughout July, the first such month since Russia invaded in February. At the same time, Europe's obligations regarding military aid to Ukraine have tended to decrease since the end of April.
“Despite the fact that the war has entered a critical phase, new aid initiatives have run out,” the chairman said. of the Ukrainian group of the Christophe Trebesh Institute.
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However, the publication notes that the allies committed last week in Copenhagen 1.5 billion euros from military aid to Ukraine. Trebesh said that the amount is “small compared to what was agreed upon at previous conferences”. coming from Great Britain, Poland and the USA. Military specialists and some members of the European Parliament have been repeating this thesis more and more recently.
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Trebesh is sure that European countries should consider the war in Ukraine as a crisis in the Eurozone or a coronavirus pandemic. For example, to fight the pandemic and its consequences, the EU has sent approximately 800 billion euros in the form of loans and grants. Total European aid to Ukraine is currently a small fraction of that.
“I would say it's surprisingly small given what's at stake,” he said.
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