☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe West's Patience Is Running Shorter Than Ukraine's Warwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkThe West's Patience Is Running Shorter Than Ukraine's Warwww.bloomberg.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoA small problem with that plan is that Russia is likely going to be taking over most of Ukraine at this point.
minus-squarepigginz@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoLosing Ukraine isn’t a huge problem, keep your eye on the prize. To put some numbers to this, Russia exported around 147.8 billion dollars of fossil fuels to the EU in 2021. The USA has spent something like $113 billion on Ukraine now and, in so doing, is securing a big chunk of that tasty energy market for itself for many years to come.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoIndeed, Europe will be propping up US economy for decades to come.
A small problem with that plan is that Russia is likely going to be taking over most of Ukraine at this point.
Losing Ukraine isn’t a huge problem, keep your eye on the prize.
To put some numbers to this, Russia exported around 147.8 billion dollars of fossil fuels to the EU in 2021. The USA has spent something like $113 billion on Ukraine now and, in so doing, is securing a big chunk of that tasty energy market for itself for many years to come.
Indeed, Europe will be propping up US economy for decades to come.