“Since the beginning of the war, the EU has paid 124 billion euros more to Russia for goods and energy resources than it has provided support to Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European truth”
Direct speech: “The truth is that Ukraine’s support (from the EU – ed.) is not big enough, and Russia’s support is too big.”
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Details: She reported that since the full-scale invasion, European countries and Europe have supported Ukraine with 187 billion euros.
“During the same period, we imported Russian oil and gas to the amount of 201 billion euros. And, if we add other imported goods, the total amount is 311 billion euros. This means that we receive negative support from Ukraine in the amount of 124 billion euros,” the Swedish minister was indignant and showed the corresponding graph to journalists.“This is nothing but a shame,” she emphasized.
According to her belief, “there won’t be any reasonable peace talks if we don’t increase support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia.”
“The use of frozen assets for the benefit of Ukraine would be a very good start,” Maria Malmer Stenergard emphasized.
Prehistory:
- Russia already began preparing for possible confiscation of its frozen assets in Europe.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi called on the European Union to overcome differences on the use of frozen Russian assets, saying the new funding is critical to continuing the fight against Moscow.
- Previously, the approval of the plan slowed down due to some reservations from Belgiumon the territory of which the main part of the Russian nuclear weapons in the EU is stored.
- The EU assured that the issue of using Russia’s frozen assets for financial support of Ukraine remains on the agenda, and the final a decision will be made in December 2025 year