Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Bofferbrauer2]

Ryuu96 said:

EU ambassadors approved an increase in military aid to Ukraine by €5 billion, Foreign Affairs Minister Kuleba and EU high representative Borrell report.

“The message is clear: we will support Ukraine with all our might to win," Borrell added.https://t.co/wvuf2hxnTT

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) March 13, 2024

Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary expressed reservations about the plan of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to use the profits obtained from frozen Russian assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine.https://t.co/8zVE131PBI

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) March 14, 2024

It shouldn't be just the profits on the frozen assets, it should be the entire lot of the frozen assets but also shut up Malta, Luxembourg and Hungary. Will we just hold onto the frozen assets of a country that wants us dead and destroyed, for how long exactly...? Just give it to Ukraine or take it for ourselves to fund our supplies to Ukraine, Russia is our enemy. 

Are we just going to give it back to them after they pull out and say "my bad bro, it was just a prank"

And that's why I'm not fond about the government change in Luxembourg. Bettel would have accepted it, but Frieden, a former finance Minister under Juncker, isn't so keen on using those assets on the grounds of banking secrecy.

At least we sent 6000 155mm shells lately. Which considering the size of our country and the fact that we don't have any artillery (modern artillery ranges are enough to shoot right over the country), isn't all that bad. But for Ukraine, that won't last them a week, sadly:

RTL - Verdeedegungsministère mellt: 6.000 Schoss Artillerie-Munitioun un d'Ukrain geliwwert

RTL Today - Ministry of Defence: Luxembourg delivers 6,000 artillery shells to Ukraine

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 14 March 2024