Europe won’t be able to finance Ukraine’s defenses against Russia’s invasion on its own if the US withdraws support under Donald Trump’s next presidency, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday.

Orban said recent events vindicated the conclusions from his controversial July diplomatic mission to Kyiv, Moscow and Beijing and showed Ukraine was losing the war.

“The Americans are going to get out of this war,” Orban, who is hosting a European Union summit in Budapest on Friday, said on public radio. “Europe can’t finance this war on its own.”

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  • dariusj18@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    There is an unfortunate reality that there is a tipping point. At some point, Europe will need to cede Ukraine and stock up for itself to defend the next Russian incursion.

    • anachronist@midwest.social
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      Yeah the best way to discourage a revanchist is to give him what he wants. Succeeding in Ukraine will definitely convince Putin not to attack the baltics, poland, or finland.

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        If NATO is really as effective as it’s claimed to be, then the baltics, Poland, and Finland have nothing to worry about.

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      I disagree, Europe needs to never cede Ukraine at any cost—anything else is rewarding the warmonger

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        If the US allows Israel to annex the North of Gaza like it allowed it to annex the Golan Heights, Russia can just point to that as precedent and evidence of US double standards.

      • Bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
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        I disagree, Europe needs to never cede Ukraine at any cost—anything else is rewarding the warmonger

        Yeah, why would Europe do that? After all its Ukrainians who will continue dying after being kidnapped off the streets and forbidden to leave the country.
        Enjoy your life, and don’t think of hundreds of thousands dead people (not like you ever did that of course)…