It’s honestly better not to rely on the US anyways as they have been fair weather friends to Ukraine even though Ukraine was promised protection for giving up their nukes.
Europe absolutely should be capable of defending itself from a third rate military like Russia, but the security guarantees were related to not invading them, not defending them from invasion unless nuclear weapons were used.
Further, while the EU has pledged significant humanitarian support, the military support has come almost entirely from America, though Germany deserves credit for their own notable contributions, especially considering the numbers on per capita basis.
Looks like they should have kept the nukes and that the message to the rest of the world too now, without nukes you have no guarantees to independance.
As for the military aid I’m sure the US sent the most but the price tag attached is pretty sussy. The US mostly sent equipment that was too old and was going to be decommissioned anyways but looks like the prices for equipment cited was for brand new equipment. That equipment would most likely fetch 1/30 of it’s cited price if otherwise sold. Also the US military often counted the price of new equipment to replace the one sent over as part of the aid cost.
Against Russia Europe will be fine.
It’s honestly better not to rely on the US anyways as they have been fair weather friends to Ukraine even though Ukraine was promised protection for giving up their nukes.
Europe absolutely should be capable of defending itself from a third rate military like Russia, but the security guarantees were related to not invading them, not defending them from invasion unless nuclear weapons were used.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
Further, while the EU has pledged significant humanitarian support, the military support has come almost entirely from America, though Germany deserves credit for their own notable contributions, especially considering the numbers on per capita basis.
https://www.statista.com/chart/28489/ukrainian-military-humanitarian-and-financial-aid-donors/
Looks like they should have kept the nukes and that the message to the rest of the world too now, without nukes you have no guarantees to independance.
As for the military aid I’m sure the US sent the most but the price tag attached is pretty sussy. The US mostly sent equipment that was too old and was going to be decommissioned anyways but looks like the prices for equipment cited was for brand new equipment. That equipment would most likely fetch 1/30 of it’s cited price if otherwise sold. Also the US military often counted the price of new equipment to replace the one sent over as part of the aid cost.