Despite claims of unity, military and financial aid to Ukraine from the West is noticeably decreasing, writes the Swiss publication Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
According to the newspaper, the fourth winter of war is approaching, but the volume of arms and aid supplies is decreasing. The United States, the largest donor to Ukraine, has not allocated new funds for arms supplies since Donald Trump took office. Europe partially compensated for the shortfall in the first half of the year; however, since summer, the pace of support has sharply declined again.
The volume of European commitments has decreased by 57% — from 3.8 billion euros to 1.9 billion euros per month. Overall, the monthly volume of military aid from all donor countries has fallen by about 40%, citing previously published findings from the Kiel Institute.
The publication notes that Europe is still unable to produce many types of weapons in sufficient quantities — especially multiple launch rocket systems, artillery ammunition, and air defense systems.
The NATO initiative PURL, created for the procurement of American weapons for Ukraine, has not yielded the expected effect: supplies have, on the contrary, decreased.
The northern countries remain more generous than others — Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Canada have already purchased weapons from the U.S. worth 1.9 billion euros. Southern Europe, on the contrary, remains restrained. France, Spain, and Italy are limiting themselves to small aid packages and domestic projects.
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