While it is true that the EU provides more financial support than the US, the US provides most of the military aid that helped the country withstand and slow down the Russian advance. The EU is powerful as an economic block, but they don’t have a unified army, they depend on American weaponry (with the exception of France), and I don’t see much political will to keep arming Ukraine if the US pulls out completely or if the Trump administration pauses sanctions.
It seems to me that Trump simply cannot get over Zelensky not ‘helping’ him to find something nefarious about Biden’s son during his first administration and now POTUS is first provoking him and then, when Zelensky send a diplomatically worded answer, POTUS overreacts and insults, like he got the excuse he was looking for. So vindictive and victim blaming.
This is not the America I was taught about.
I’ve never seen a country destroy it’s credibility with allies so fast in such a short notice. Putin is sure having a good time watching all this.
I’ve heard most US senators are pro Ukraine, but I don’t see any of them confronting Trump. GOP belongs to MAGA now.
Unless democrats win the midterms in 2026 he’s going to have 4 years of trifecta. I don’t see how Ukraine can survive 4 more years of onslaught only with European help and no boots on the ground.
Does Ukraine have any chance?
The US can’t sign a peace treaty on behalf of Ukraine. They’re not mandated to negotiate by Ukraine.
The US can stop supporting Ukraine but that doesn’t force the Ukrainians to stop fighting, or Europe to stop supporting Ukraine
Yes, absolutely. The Russian military is still a piece of shit using scared conscripts and outdated equipment. As long as the EU remains willing to fund the Ukrainian defense, they’ll keep fighting.
The real question is whether the EU will still be around. This weekend’s election in Germany is going to be of critical importance.
Is Germany okay rn?
Nah, depends on your position. Our departing government wasn’t too great, because one party (neoliberal shits called the FDP) sabotaged it from day one and the biggest party, the SPD had (and still has) a very bad leadership. So because people want change and are apparently not able to make rational choices, they will most probably give many voices to the conservative (think Democrats in the US) party, which will make an absolute piece of shit (Faschofritze Merz) their Chancellor. So from a US or russian perspective, we are totally fine, but I really fear this sunday (voting day)
I wish you and your country luck. I’ve always thought very highly of Germany and its people. I don’t want to see Germany go down the same path the US is going down.
Ukraine can survive without american support. Russia has the GDP of Spain. The EU has the resources to help Ukraine, we just need
- Political will
- Ability to produce(or procure) stuff for Ukraine
For the last 100 years, everyone was dependent on each other, since we were all allied, it made less sense for every country to reinvent the wheel. Now the EU will need to create new production capabilities and that takes time and money. This will have a noticeable negative effect to the quality of life of europeans so the europeans will need to be willing to deal with that.
South Korea has a strong defence industry that can help cover the gap, especially if things are chill in SouthEast Asia.
If the EU can guarantee the safety of Greece(maybe with the creation of an EU army or through stronger defence treaties), Greece has a lot of military equipment that could potentially be sent to Ukraine, especially if Turkey is cool. Greece for example has more Leopard 2 tanks than any other country(including Germany).
I think if the EU sends troops to Ukraine, the EU will need to completely commit to that. The war in Ukraine is rough and very different than any other war, especially the wars western forces have fought in the last 50 years. So you cant half ass it and send a couple thousand soldiers to die there, you need to commit with proper air support, etc. This escalation needs to be managed carefully.
The EU needs to start pumping nukes and developing its missile program. Without the american nuclear shield, the EU needs its own. There is a reason that China is pumping nukes like crazy, because they are way behind the americans and russians. MAD is the only way to de-escalate and prevent a nuclear war.
I’ll say what I’ve been saying for a while:
“Russia has nukes. Ukraine does not. The outcome was decided before it began.”
Russia will stay in Ukraine as long as it is profitable to do so, and will leave when that is no longer the case or can get something big enough in response to convince them to leave. The US and EU can supply arms to Ukraine to make it less profitable but even so Russia has far more troops and resources than Ukraine. Unfortunately the US also hinged that support on Ukraine not negotiating for peace so they’ve been dug in extra deep in this and lost at least a generation of men now.
It’s seems incredibly unlikely to me that Ukraine will cease to exist as a country, even without American support I can’t see it being annexed entirely.
It will, however, probably be forced to make some fairly brutal concessions to Russia, including territorial ones.
Probably not, I’m afraid to say. Our government has been compromised, and the republic is dead, we will have no more legitimate elections and it’s likely (imo) that our legislature will soon dissolve. I wish I could say that we were ever the America you were taught about, but it was always a farce. I’m almost to middle age and I’ve never once seen my country try to be the place it tells itself it is. It’s always been a place that beats its chest while sitting on the couch and reminiscing about how cool it was on the high school sports team; that steps on the weak and the poor to satisfy the rich and the powerful. I’ve always believed we could do better, that we could be the place we tell ourselves we are, but we never choose to do the hard work to be that place.
Though Ukraine will likely persist as an ulcer for the remainder of Putin’s life. The only good news is that we still haven’t cracked immortality, and one day probably quite soon, Putin’s number will be called.
You’ll like this!
Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?
Should be required viewing for all Americans.
Excellent TV show.
Keep in mind that it is not just arms and money, but also Trump will cut off intelligence, and Musk will start pulling Starlink.
They weren’t independent before and will not be after the war. Just the master will change, maybe.
Why are you on a Marxist Leninist instance promoting Russian fascist imperialism? That’s an odd position to take.
I’m not? Also lemmy.ml isn’t an instance about any of that.
You are claiming Ukraine isn’t independent and will just have a different master which is a very pro-Kremlin POV.
.ml- Marxist Leninism
So back to my question about why you would support this…
Are you arguing that doing everything the US wants, to the point of signing away 50% of every cent made from your natural resources, some sort of freedom? The fact of the matter is that neutrality suited the people of Ukraine very well, but not NATO.
it suited them until they were invaded by Russia. Ukraine is independent and should be in NATO
They weren’t independent since 2014
And now we are back to asking why you are pushing Kremlin talking points.
Because if Russia rules Ukraine that’s good…
If Ukraine joins EU, that’s bad.
USSR was the orginal European Union except it used a tank barrel to recruit nee members.
My opinion is Ukraine and EU can kick Russia’s ass as long as they ramp up military production. Ukraine’s army tech went from 20+ years old soviet Kalashnikov stockpiles leftovers to domestically produced drones which dominate battlefield. They can and will increase production. The real question is US reckless enough to ease sanctions on Russia or worse start selling military/dual purpose goods. While Ukraine can withstand demoralized and economically crippled Russia. Ukraine will definitely lose if things get somewhat better for Russian economy and politics. What is more scary is what will happen with US-EU relationships. That would literally be US-EU proxy war.
US flips side to join Russia while EU is still jerking off in the corner trying to to figure if Ukraine is worth “saving”
I think we are. If you can think of something awful for us to do, we’re already on our way to doing it. We’re probably a month out from shooting garbage and nuclear waste into orbit on spaceX rockets.
As a european working in the weapon industry, I love reading american people thinking we make no weapons or the weapons we make are worse. We even sold some ships to the US lol. American military is the best, but not necesarily for quality, but for the sheer amount (aka quantity) coming from how much money you put in there. And a lot of money is spent buying other systems…
As a european working in the weapon industry, I love reading american people thinking we make no weapons or the weapons we make are worse.
American exceptionalism has been a major feature of the Americans self image for many generations.
It’s really tiring living beside them and having to hear them constantly blathering about it.
‘This was not the America I was thought about.’
You might have been thought a little bit of propaganda.
We’ve been through this shit before. Multiple times, in fact, over centuries. We’ll get through it, as we’ve done before. It will likely take time. It will certainly take hell of an effort. But we will.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see it. The century of American supremacy is coming to a close. You may not want to admit it, because everyone in the US has been thought about American exceptionalism since they started school. China will rise, as will Europe possibly. I think Russia is failing as well. Its current lashing out is the end of their term as a great power.
The US is a big country, and the fall will be slow, but I don’t think there is a way to stop it now. I suspect that future historians will trace it back to the Nixon era. Come to think of it, every Republican president since then has also been really, really shitty when it came to preserving the health of the democracy.
Rockerface is Ukrainian, not American.
Being a seemingly temporary non-nation, Americans don’t always understand that people don’t usually just give up and accept conquest. If a people continue to distinguish themselves strongly enough without being literally wiped out or assimilated, they will survive annexation until the next opportunity for rebellion or freedom. Ireland resisted Britain for 800 years - a few years in the shadows of dictators until ordinary Russians grow balls/tits again isn’t necessarily the end of Ukraine.
Being Ukrainian puts a completely different spin on it. My comment still holds true for Americans, but I would rather not see Ukrainians ground under the heel of another dictator, especially one enabled by the stupidification of the United States.
Once US funds dry up, Ukraine must rely solely on European money, which is barely a drip feed compared to Bidens firehouse.
Russia can take over the entire country of Ukraine within ten years and millions of Russian conscripted men killed since they have an infinite supply of tanks, money and people willing to take the risk of death for money to send home and feed their families.
which is barely a drip feed compared to Bidens firehouse
Europe has given Ukraine more than America. Source
Biden’s last package closed the gap a fair bit, but Europe is still the bigger source of support and definitely the more consistent one
Although the US has spent more on bangs than Europe, which has spent on bangs but also helmets and armour and transport.
There is the hope of that asteroid hitting earth.
If this shit is what qualifies as the “end times,” we are all going to be standing around in the afterlife looking like
Ukraine has zero incentive to surrender. Most of the population can’t live under occupation anyway. They will not make through filtration camps. That’s like 2/3 of population that Russia will need to kill or displace.
Best Ukraine can do is hope to survive until EU or US comes around.
Once they actually lose the war, they will need to be resettled in EU anyway.
I am not sure how something like 15 million people even get resettled at this point but that’s where we are going.
Europe already took 7-8m so I guess it is possible.
