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War consumes not only human lives, but also a lot of money. In the Russian-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine and the United States seem to have reached an unwritten consensus - Ukraine contributes people, while the United States and the United States contributes money . Therefore, whenever Ukraine urgently uses money, the first thing that comes to mind is these Western allies.
According to Global Network , Ukrainian Presidential Aide Rodniyansky began to cry again in an interview with German media on the 25th, claiming that Ukraine needs US$4-5 billion to maintain operation every month. However, due to the war, Ukraine's economy has fallen into trouble. He hopes that Germany can spend US$500 million per month to help Ukraine, while EU overall needs to spend 2 billion per month .
(German Chancellor Scholz)
means that the rest of the Ukraine side can think of other ways, but the EU, including Germany, needs to take out at least half of it. Having set "rules" for the West, Rodnyyansky also emphasized that the money of is very important to Ukraine and is related to the operation of the country, including paying people's pensions, restoring infrastructure destroyed by the Russian army, etc. .
Speaking of this, Rodniyansky reached out to ask for supplies again, saying that in order to make Ukrainians successfully survive this difficult winter, Ukrainians also need warm clothing, emergency power supply, diesel generator and so on .
Uzbek issued a bill of $2.5 billion to the EU in one breath, which is obviously not a small amount. What's more, it's not just Ukraine that is facing the energy crisis . As we all know, many EU countries rely heavily on Russia in terms of energy. Due to the EU's sanctions on Russia, energy prices in Europe have soared and the economic crisis has also come to an end. In addition, the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline makes it even harder for Europeans to have winter.
The wintering supplies needed by Ukraine are also what Europe needs, but despite this, the EU can only admit defeat and more or less to show the "generousness" of Europe.
However, regarding the huge economic aid requested by Ukraine, European Commission Chairman von der Leyen believes that this should not be borne by the EU, What is being discussed within the EU is to provide 1.5 billion yuan in aid to Ukraine every month, and the other parts are jointly paid by the United States and relevant financial institutions. As for the reconstruction of Ukraine, German Chancellor Scholz believes that this is a task for generations and no party can bear it alone.
Of course, no matter how you say it, the fate of the EU becoming a "cash machine" on Ukraine is always inevitable. After all, this is the EU's own choice, no one can blame.
And Ukraine has put out a list of aid again and again and extends its hand to the United States and the West, which is likely for two reasons: 1, Zelensky is very clear that the United States wants to use Ukraine to weaken Russia, but the EU has no opinion on this matter and will only follow the orders of the United States to follow . After all, under the pressure of the United States, the EU turned a blind eye to its own interests and blindly "anti-Russia", which eventually made its own economy terrible. Now the United States has taken the lead in aiding Ukraine. Even if the EU suffers from pain, it will have to keep up.
It is worth mentioning that when German President Steinmeier visited Kiev on the 25th, he brought a generous "meeting gift" to Ukraine. He thought Ukraine would be grateful, but unexpectedly, Ukraine "opened its mouth" and asked Germany for 500 million yuan in monthly "pocket money" that day.
(German President Steinmeier)
What's more troublesome is that this is just the beginning. In the future, as more infrastructure in Ukraine is damaged, the amount of aid requested by Ukraine may further expand.
2. Ukraine is indeed seriously short of money. Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, there have been a lot of money and weapons from the United States and the West, but when it really hit the battlefield, it quickly consumed . According to statistics from German media, the United States and the West have provided Ukraine with a total of about 93 billion euros of weapons, loans and humanitarian aid. But it is still not enough. The battlefield is like a deep pit that cannot be filled, consuming Russia while consuming the United States and the West.
In fact, life in the West is not easy. The country is uneasy due to economic and energy issues. It also needs to continue to use money to aid Ukraine outside. , including the United States, France and Germany, protested against this, hoping that the country will stop aid Ukraine and spend money on improving people's livelihood.
You should know that in order to obtain more aid from the West, Zelensky also said: The West should pay Ukraine 5 billion US dollars a month, otherwise if the Ukrainian army falls, Russia and the West will have a battle with . The words are very tough and inflammatory, but it is hard to say whether they can get 5 billion yuan.
Besides, no matter what Zelensky said, the initiative is not in his own hands. Ukraine is currently only relying on the "allowing" of the West to take one step. Once the West has enough fun and stopped one day, it will probably be difficult for the Ukrainian army to gain advantage on the battlefield.
