“The Bloomberg agency, citing sources, wrote that the leaders of the European Union at a meeting in Budapest on Thursday discussed the possibility of continuing the military defense of Ukraine if Donald Trump decides to end support from the United States.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Bloomberg agency, citing sources, wrote that the leaders of the European Union at a meeting in Budapest on Thursday discussed the possibility of continuing the military defense of Ukraine if Donald Trump decides to end support from the United States.
Source: “European Truth” with reference to Bloomberg
Details: In particular, the Europeans discussed whether the EU would be ready to provide the necessary funding for military support to Kyiv. The biggest concern was that Trump would try to shift the financial burden to Europe.
At the same time, nothing in the initial discussions indicates a radical change of course, one of the interlocutors said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Thursday called on European leaders to focus on maintaining arms supplies and not to undermine Ukraine’s position by talking about a ceasefire or concessions to Vladimir Putin.
“If we are talking about the possibility of peace today, it is because the Ukrainians showed extraordinary courage and because the West supported Ukraine. However, we will see how the scenario will develop in the coming weeks,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni told reporters , who arrived on the second day of the meeting of Euroleaders on Friday.
Some European officials have said that the real problem lies not so much in the money itself, but in the available military resources, which come mainly from the United States.
Some officials argued that Europe should wait until Trump’s inauguration in January to learn about his intentions toward Ukraine. Others said leaders could not afford that luxury, and the European Commission should draw up proposals on how the EU would respond to the end of US aid.
Trump has already begun his first round of phone calls with European leaders.
At least one of those conversations included a discussion of how Trump might approach negotiations with Putin, according to one senior official briefed on the conversation.
Trump allegedly made it clear that he realizes that he cannot simply push Ukraine to make concessions to Putin without giving anything in return, the unnamed official said on condition of anonymity.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a radio interview on Friday that Europe cannot finance a “losing war” on its own and said the US would end its support.
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Ukraine’s support in the coming months will determine the future of the EU, because European countries must do more to protect Kyiv and themselves after the victory of Donald Trump in the United States.