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Thu Jan 11, 2024, 07:09 PM Jan 2024

ANALYSIS: As the US Dithers on Assistance to Ukraine, Europe Steps Up

European assistance to Ukraine by almost all metrics is bigger than that of the US and, as Washington dithers, European leaders are stepping forward with military and financial aid to Kyiv that will likely continue for years.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, speaking at a Tallinn press conference on Thursday, said: “Freedom has to be better-armed than tyranny. Estonia has made a decision regarding long-term support, so 0.25 percent of our GDP over the next four-year period will go to Ukraine as military aid. And we hope it’s going to be an example for everybody else.”

“When it comes to blood, sweat and tears, they are entirely Ukrainian. What is required of the rest of us is clear thinking, sober determination and an entirely manageable re-allocation of resources so that Ukraine can defend itself,” Kallas said.

Read more:. https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/26609

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ANALYSIS: As the US Dithers on Assistance to Ukraine, Europe Steps Up (Original Post) blue-wave Jan 2024 OP
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