The EU must seize Russia’s frozen assets, Maria Malmer Stenergard believes, because any other solution would be unfair to Ukraine’s biggest backers.
Nordic countries can't keep taking on a disproportionate share of supporting Ukraine, Sweden's foreign minister warned in an interview with POLITICO.
"A few countries take almost all of the burden," Maria Malmer Stenergard said on her way into a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels. "That is not fair and it's not sustainable in the long run."
She added: "The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million people, we provide for one-third of the military support that the NATO countries, with almost 1 billion people, provide this year ... This is not sustainable. It's not reasonable in any way. And it says a lot about what the Nordics do — but it says even more about what the others don't do."
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neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 256d
Nordic citizen here. As much as I agree with the sentiment, I'd happily pay more to have an unlubed dildo of consequence hypersonically delivered to the Kremlin.
We can tiptoe around russia, hoping they'll play nice any day now, or give a slap that won't be forgotten.
Lesson:
Russia used to do these "mistaken navigation" into Turkish airspace all the time. Until turkey shot down an encroaching aircraft. Suddenly russian pilots got a lot better at navigation.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 256d
Russia only respects force.
They will push and prod and poke and if you’re soft they get bolder and bolder. Like a school bully.
But kick them in the nuts real hard once and they’ll back down
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 256d
It's really disappointing that so many countries don't help more. The average being only a tenth of Nordic countries per capita!
tirednapstablook@lemmings.world · -29 pts · 256d
lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 256d
Yes.
Every dead Russian man of military age isn’t available to attack my country.
They’ll use their future indoctrinated Putin Youth for that, but it takes a decade for them to grow up still.
tirednapstablook@lemmings.world · -29 pts · 256d
West_of_West@piefed.social · 18 pts · 256d
So they could get genocided and would be unable to resist? Smrt plan tankie!
tirednapstablook@lemmings.world · -24 pts · 256d
lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 256d
Russia is literally taking children from their parents in the occupied region and “re-educating” them to be Proper Russians
You think that would stop if Putin controls ALL of Ukraine? He’d just let them be?
tirednapstablook@lemmings.world · -17 pts · 256d
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 256d
There's millions that did flee and the West gave them homes. There's been plenty of friction, but what would you expect. Notably, they didn't flee east
And its Russia that's blowing up schools, hospitals and apartments.
Bo7a@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 256d
lol. fuck off.
tirednapstablook@lemmings.world · -26 pts · 256d
unpossum@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 256d
These are not hard questions, you’re just an idiot.
Bo7a@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 256d
Cute attempt.
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 256d
The Russian economy is collapsing now. So there is no way Ukraine will lose this war.
But supporting Ukraine will help them get their territory back, and make Ukraine win faster.
GreatAspie86@lemy.lol · -4 pts · 256d
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 256d
Two day old account, lol. Blocked.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 256d
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 256d
They're not showing any signs of doing as such.
Honestly despite being an ocean away the united states has already chipped in a large amount of real aid. The EU, being rich countries themselves, should not be relying so heavily on a nation that was already on the brink of fascism.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 256d
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 256d
The US has given twice the aid as the entirety of the European Union.
verdi@feddit.org · 7 pts · 256d
contributions = 1/x where x= distance to Russian borders + Support for the Iraqi invasion + Spying on EU leaders on behalf of the USA.