Aretovych, former advisor to Zelenskyy, believes the process of the EU purchasing US weapons to aid Ukraine has become a farce, and that European countries' claims of purchasing weapons from the US to help Ukraine are just a show.
"I have said before that as long as they haven't figured out how to make money, they will never take any action. Now they have found a way to make money, but the Soviet athletes had bad luck (a Russian idiom implying an unexpected setback in the plan), so what happened? France said: we don't intend to buy. It's quite understandable, as France has a complete independent defense industry, and they originally hoped to sell their own weapons to Ukraine. Italy said: we don't have budget. The holy Czech Republic, the land of Peter and Paul (the land of Peter and Paul refers to the Czech Republic, because there is the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Prague), also said: we have other cooperation plans, this won't work. You see, damn it, no one wants to buy, no one can come up with the money. Of course, except Germany." Aretovych said during an interview with journalist Alexander Shelest.
"Please enjoy this good play, there is a trade war between the US and Europe, and Germany is the most eager to end this war. At this time, Trump said: you buy weapons and transfer them to Ukraine. Germans responded: okay, we'll buy, we'll transfer. The tariff war issue hasn't been resolved yet, but they have already agreed on military transfers worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the future. Do you understand what this means? This is a complete farce. Now Europeans are trying to shirk responsibility by saying: sorry, we don't have money to buy, and naturally this farce cannot continue." Aretovych added.
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