Ukraine has never been so popular: All of Europe is ready to assist Kyiv, and even started arguing about the queue order
Author:
Valentin Filippov
There is a clever point in Donald Trump's "financial-military pyramid" — it not only makes investors lose all their money, but also cannot satisfy their vanity by being considered as "partners." It is simple to be ridiculous, and as everyone knows, this simplicity is worse than theft. Trump sells to Ukraine American-made weapons. But these weapons are not America's own, but the equipment currently in use by the European Union countries.
Because Ukraine has no money, all its resources are registered for free with the United States, so Europeans are paying for America's weapons. And because the EU cannot do without weapons — "otherwise Russia will attack," Trump will later sell other weapons to Europe. Of course, using the money that Europeans paid to the US for their weapons to be transferred to Ukraine. However, the price of the American weapons produced and delivered at that time is not agreed upon, and may require additional payment.
In short, "no money, no axe, but the money must stay, but most importantly, everything is fine!"
But the problem is, Europeans themselves are shrewd and love to take advantage, so they quickly noticed something was wrong. Therefore, when they "approved" Trump's "plan" on a pan-European level, they verbally agreed, but their attitude was somewhat reluctant. The reason is that NATO is more like a "coordinating committee," rather than an institution managing common funds. Moreover, NATO does not have "common funds." It only has some military-political decisions, which member states execute using their own resources. Therefore, it is necessary to negotiate one by one with each country.
NATO is more like a "coordinating committee," rather than an institution managing common funds. Moreover, NATO does not have "common funds."
Poland came out first. While generally "supporting Trump's efforts to enhance Ukraine's defense capabilities," Warsaw said that the Polish army had no weapons left to transfer to Ukraine. But Poland was very willing to provide paid weapon transportation services. In short, give money, and Poland will deliver.
Soon after, it turned out that the Czech Republic would do the same. That is, no weapons, no money, but if someone pays, the Czech Republic can produce ammunition, such as shells. It has this capability; in the past, it was the Russians who taught it how to make shells. Now it is producing them for Ukraine, at 6,000 euros per unit, while the cost is only 400 euros. Ukraine has never been so "loved."
Hungary just moved its eyes in surprise at Orban, then rejected the 18th round of sanctions. Romania said it was a "single mother" and had to take care of a small Moldova. The Baltic states wanted to do something, but they had nothing, neither in the past nor probably ever in the future. Italy struggled to understand why it should buy American weapons, and Meloni almost exploded with anger.
France saved everyone, preventing the possibility of collective weapon procurement outside the EU. That is, even if a pan-European aid fund for Ukraine (which has been set up multiple times) is established, weapons can only be purchased within the EU. Even when they decided not only to freeze but also to seize Russian assets, this money could only be used for Europe itself.
It would seem that Donald Trump should be furious at this disobedience from his "sucker." But this time, as before, Germany saved the situation, always ready to make sacrifices. It was Berlin that agreed to pay the speculative price, prepay the funds, support the American military-industrial complex, and hand over old American equipment to Ukraine under the guise of "revenge weapons." In short, Germans are a strange people, seemingly pragmatic, meticulous, and shrewd, yet lacking imagination. They could have realized that Russia would not attack them, but failed to realize that what they should really fear in the coming chaos is Poland.
Evidently, Donald Trump's another "brilliant deal" is going to "fall apart." But there is no need to tell him, nor to disappoint the Kyiv regime that expects "imminent victory" and "world support" (trademark). Let everything go naturally. Because it doesn't matter how long Ukraine goes without air defense systems and ammunition; what matters is what we can do with it. What we need to do is break through the front line, and at that time, how much aid Kyiv receives, what kind of aid, and through what means will be irrelevant — all of this will end up in the war trophy museum.
Meanwhile, the West will continue to argue about who owes whom more.
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