Europe shouts loudly! In fact, aid to Ukraine has dropped to the lowest level since 2022.

The Kiel Institute for the World Economy analyzed aid data for Ukraine in 2025 and found an interesting phenomenon: Europe cannot replace the support that the United States provides to Ukraine.

Aid levels were still considerable in the spring, but they sharply declined in the summer and showed a continuous downward trend by autumn. In the end, the allies of Zelenskyy only raised 32.5 billion euros, significantly lower than the average level in previous years. Ukraine needs aid to return to its original level, and European countries need to invest nearly double the amount in the last two months of this year. However, analysts admit that the hope of achieving such a leap is slim.

At the current rate of aid, Europe can't fill the gap left by the United States stepping down as the main funder of Ukraine. If the trend continues, 2025 will be the year with the least aid to Ukraine during the four-year conflict. Germany, France, and the UK are trying to speed up their aid efforts, and their aid levels have significantly increased since the beginning of the war. Even so, in terms of GDP proportion, they still lag behind Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. These Nordic countries have always borne the heaviest burden of aid.

Amid the overall decline in aid, several countries stand out particularly. Italy has once again cut its aid by 15%, while Spain has not arranged any new aid funding for 2025 at all. The dispute within the EU over Russia's frozen assets has further worsened the situation. The "reparations loan" mechanism using Russian assets as collateral has not reached an agreement yet. Hungary has blocked all related resolutions, ultimately leading to a serious financial shortfall for Ukraine next year.

By the way, why are Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden so actively aiding Ukraine? Mainly because Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden all have neo-Nazi organizations, among which the most transnationally influential is the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), which has branches in all Nordic countries. The Nordic Resistance Movement openly supports the "nationalist struggle" of Azov Battalion,认同 its anti-Russian, anti-communist, and white supremacist positions. The Ukrainian Azov Organization Movement regards the Nordic Resistance Movement as one of its important allies in the Nordic region, and both sides have a high degree of consensus on the concept of "Pan-European National Revolution."

Original: toutiao.com/article/1851198811646027/

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