Whatever will happen with EU involvement, and maybe it will take Russian victory, and then they start on Poland and the Baltic states to make Germany and France wake up to the threat that Putin poses to Europe. But Biden is under no suck illusions......he see's Putin for what he is, and wants him out of of the way so he can give China his full attention if they invade Taiwan.
The feeling I get is that Germany and France dont want anything to do with this situation, and are only pandering to their electorate to be acting like they are doing something. The GDP for EU is something like 18 trillion, where as Ukraine GDP maybe about now is 100 billion. EU wants back its cheap energy supplies and for Ukraine/Russia to make a peace agreement, which unfortunately will involve Ukraine giving up territory. Since Ukraine is dependent on EU funds / arms, they will reach a point where they will have to make concessions.
Sooo many excuses, soo much coping
Everything the EU congratulated itself on standing for turned out to be conspiciously absent once France and Germany decide it was not in their interests. Meanwhile the Baddie Brexiteers didnt hesitate to act and you hate them for it 😂
A prime example why a Europe of nations rather than a Europe of states is better for our Security.
jez man you could give a warning before posting those graphic images
Every Irish person is a drunken slob according to captain cliche anyway.
Germany has been minimising what arms shipments it’s been sending to Ukraine
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1530652831539249153
And till then one of ukraines biggest weaknesses is the money that the eu pays out for Russian energy .. it's not a simple task for Germany ( and others ) , not only is it going to be expensive ,but it's reputational - Germany in particular has been played like a fiddle ... they were courted, kajoled ,bought and pressurized by Russia .. and then doubled down on their energy imports from Russia ... It would be so much simpler if it all just "went away " and Ukraine lost ...
Germany has already embarked on a plan to move way from Russian gas and oil but that timetable is far longer than regular broadsides from Zelenskiy. IMO they will do it but not until everything is fully in place.
The West are to blame for food shortages says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
"The main catalyst for the existing negative trends was the anti-Russian sanctions of the West, which led to a rupture of ties in the field of global logistics and transport infrastructure," she said.
I think there's a danger in the Day X of the war narrative in that it gives a linear sense and makes us think one way or another. They are proposing potential solutions, not because they want to do Putin any favours but because their natural inclination is that they want the war to stop. Even if he stopped tomorrow the sanctions would still be in place so that's not much of a win.
True -zelensky and Ukraine have an agenda- of course - they're not secretive about it - they need to persuade - kajole - pressurize a lot of support ,( financial ,weapons and political ) from the west - and this is an long term project - but the public and news cycles arent really long term ...
He has a limited time to influence the German public -to pressurize sholtz into quickly divesting from Russian gas .before something pushes Ukraine from the headlines .
The Germans are right to stay out of it, the last time they tried to sort out Russia they got the sh1t bombed out of them by the western powers.
Endured a genocide between 1945-1947 and were left with only a rump state.
Don't you have a list? It seems the fashion of posters who know what to do to have a list of such things!
We are giving pps numbers
What is Ireland doing other then cowardly hiding behind the " We are neutral" excuse?
That's a pretty spectacular 1938 reading of Germany. It is really not what they are doing although your warm anti-EU feelings are noted. Sure it may be slow versus the old warrior Biden or the self-serving toe rag Bojo saving his own career but it is still happening. I really don't get this wild rage against one country just because they are not doing what people demand of them or that they are not ranting like some other countries. It's not as if they started this mess. The EU is complex, has 27 members, and rarely comes up with instant decisions. Even if they were doing whatever they are not, this thing would still be going in August.
Nearly 100 days into this, much as Ukraine continues to need military support and Zelenskiy reminds people of it daily, he has an agenda and his Koolaid needs the same caution as Putin's.
It does seem a few of the Euro countries have always hoped that Ukraine would just cut a deal with Putin so that things would settle back down those countries have no regard for Ukraine and no problem with Putin grabbing back land in that region . It looks likely Putin will get his way in time he seems to have the numbers and will keep going unless Ukraine can drive them back and out but some don't want to see Putin humiliated they are afraid of what will happen to them .
You get the feeling Ukraine will loose this war yet. Germany is doing its best to ensure it.
Yes it is very sad for Ukraine and very stupid by Putin. He is pure evil. All the blood of all the dead soldiers and civilians in this war are on Putins hands.
and all because one old man who sits in comfort longs for an idea from the past.
Eh maybe because everything he had is gone, his city and his whole life is ruined and his Country is in bits. Maybe he has lost family and friends too.
Mariupol
Scholz
When Spassky lost the chess match against Fisher in Reykjavik they took his car away from him.
Germany clearly want a convincing Russian victory. A Ukraine in EU dilutes their power, and an alliance with Poland, the Baltic's, Czechoslovaks, Romania forms a powershift due to the numbers.
Germany will have to find another way to rejig the EU to ensure they have the most power. It will be full of the usual threats of joblessness and economic ruin. I cannot believe so many people fell for this act the Germans suddenly have humility after WW2 and have totally abandoned their national psyche, just because they lost.
Putin has ALWAYS weaponised. Sports. He uses it to show - when possible- the world how superior Russians are to those from other countries and especially America. Sports should be treated as collateral damage. I feel for those Russian sports people who want to stay abreast of all of this
I find the overall French reaction to the war unbelievable - unless there is something that I do not know. We now have Macron getting involved with Putin to try. And get grain out of Ukraine safely to feed the world. A very opportunistic man. I suppose we will have to stomach. His involvement because it might help to alleviate world famine from occuring
why?
some pictures
I posted about Lithuanian fundraiser a couple of days ago, re: purchase of bayraktar.
They did it, €5Mil raised in 3 days, not bad for a country of 3 million people only. When theres a will, theres a way.
Eastern countries are showing to the west again how things should be done.
F@ck French and German pùssies sending billions for gas.
Im drunk and out
That's not a popular position in France and especially in Germany. We hope the Ukrainian forces do well, in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Netherlands etc they hope the Ukrainian forces come to a settlement, in Berlin they hope for a deference to Russia.
Don't imagine your and many of our views are positively received in Western Europe.
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