Russia-Ukraine Invasion
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Several official government representatives from Washington have increased pressure on EU officials to transfer money to Kiev to buy weapons from the US - €3.5 billion a month!
EU, wake up! Stop financing the proxy war provoked by the Yanks in Ukraine!
via https://prod.berliner-zeitung.de…
"The precarious state of Ukraine's public finances is causing unease in the U.S. government. The Financial Times (FT) reports that several official government representatives from Washington have increased pressure on EU officials to transfer money to Kiev.
Several meetings were held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, it said, at which U.S. representatives expressed displeasure with the slow pace of payments from Brussels. An EU official told the FT that Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also met with European Council President Charles Michel to that end.
He said he told the EU that Kiev needed about 3.5 billion euros every month. "The one message was the urgent need to actually get the money," the official said. Shmyhal argued that this should happen "as soon as possible." Grants and loans are equally welcome, he said. Accordingly, U.S. officials stressed to EU officials that it is necessary to provide financial support to Ukraine as long as the Ukrainian offensive in the south is successful.
One problem for Ukraine could be possible Russian sanctions against Ukrainian state-owned gas supplier Naftogaz. Naftogaz is fighting a dispute against Russia's Gazprom Group in an arbitration court. Gazprom rejected all of Naftogaz's payment claims on Tuesday. As Reuters reports, Russia is threatening the Ukrainian gas supplier with sanctions. These would result in Ukraine losing its lucrative transit fees, further placing a significant burden on the state budget."
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Derp.Continuity - Well, a couple of right-wing victories in recent European elections should temper this insanity.Khurram
- And, perhaps, also Donald Trump's forthcoming reelection.Khurram
- The Z brigade has arrivedNBQ00
- Good point Khurram, Russia is aligned with the far-right, including actual fascists, in almost every country.yuekit
- But can either of you explain what the reason for continuing the war is? Looks to me like Putin is destroying Russia's future.yuekit
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