18 FEBRUARY 2024
EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell has said that the Russian-Ukrainian war “would have been different” if the European Union had not wavered in its support for Ukraine.
Source: Borrell at the Munich Security Conference, European Pravda reports, citing Ukrinform news agency
Quote: “Supplying Leopard [tanks]? No, this could lead to an escalation. We will supply Leopard later. Delivery of Patriot [air defence systems]? No, this is a path to escalation. Later we delivered Patriots. If we had been less hesitant in our decisions, this war would probably have been different.”
Details: He added that the total amount of EU assistance to Ukraine, including economic, humanitarian and military, is already equal to 90 billion euros.
“We can be criticised, but we should not forget what the EU has already done for Ukraine. We have provided direct military assistance worth 28 billion euros, for the first time in history, we have provided such assistance to a country at war… Remember, two years ago at this conference, we were talking about the supply of helmets. Today we are talking about the supply of combat aircraft,” Borrell said.
The EU diplomat added that the European Defence Agency has so far concluded 60 framework agreements with member states to order ammunition from their industries.
So, Borrell stressed, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, and if someone wants to buy more ammunition for Ukraine, they can use one of these agreements.
“If the member states really want to buy more ammunition for Ukraine, they have a way to do it: through cooperation, through the use of a joint order. Everyone is talking about it, but it already exists. The industry side says: we have the capabilities, but what we lack is orders,” Borrell concluded.
Background:
- Earlier, Czech President Petr Pavel said that his country had found a creative way to get shells for Ukraine, but it needed funding to do so.
- Earlier in Munich, Denmark called on other European countries not to hide behind production problems in supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/18/7442449
“The industry side says: we have the capabilities, but what we lack is orders,”
The free world has no use for fair weather politicians when there’s a bad storm raging. Fear has never been a good guide in war.
What they lack is the fucking will to get something done.
After two years of seeing and hearing about a willingness West, it gets tiring.
The other day I read an article stating the F16’s will arrive in May. Today I read an article that stated it will be June before they arrive.
In the coming days, they will report, everything’s going as planned. F-16s will arrive in October. It’s all so sickening, it makes me want to puke!
It could also be false news to confuse mafia land. I’m sure the exact date won’t be published.
I may sound like the optimist who jumped off the World Trade Center building and whose last words that were heard was…so far so good. I am actually impressed to see the politicians finally acknowledging that their delays have caused this war to go on longer than it needed to be. The deaths caused by their fears are acknowledged. That to me is a good thing if they learned their lesson and move on.
The move on part is what concerns me, Sir Cap. They’ve always been strong with talk.
No doubt about Sir OFP. NO DOUBT, unfortunately. But I’m thinking if shame can get them off their asses, that’s a good thing. I’d like someone give that fuckin Trumper clown, Vance, a kick in his ass. He goes to the summit to explain why the US shouldn’t provide military assistance. He’s as much a fuckin moron as the Moskalis who were making fun of the Trumpers.
“Senate Republicans who voted to advance aid for Ukraine last week are taking heavy incoming from allies of former President Trump, who are calling them out publicly and threatening primary challenges after they defied Trump’s calls to oppose the package.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4473646-trumpworld-takes-aim-at-republicans-who-supported-ukraine-aid-push/
The orange bastard and his gang are pro-mafia and will be pro-mafia until the bitter end.
Yeah, just a different but distantly related family of thugs, who think of themselves as “wise guys”. 🙄
They are indeed morons. All these idiots need to do is look at the last midterm elections where only one, that’s right Trumper won and that the idiot Vance. Virtually every new person running for office who had a Trump endorsement lost. These idiots may try but the senators who voted in favor are highly favored in their states. The only way I see any leaving is because they want too like Grassley who is getting up in age.