CNN: There are fears in the EU and NATO that the consensus on support for Ukraine could collapse According to the channel, officials in the EU and NATO are concerned about the possible collapse of the consensus on Ukraine, as Europeans face rising food and electricity prices, and Europe itself is under threat recessions
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The European Union (EU) and NATO fear a possible collapse of the consensus on support for Ukraine due to the energy crisis, rising food prices and the prospect of an economic recession. This is reported by CNN with reference to European officials and representatives of the alliance.
“Things will be very difficult in the European Union, and at the same time we will have to stick to our promise to cut Russia off from any income from gas and other sources,” — one of the European diplomats told the TV channel.
Officials also fear that the Western strategy of arming Kyiv is becoming a short-term solution to a long-term problem, “a war without a clear end point.” “At first, the reaction of the West was harsher than Russia expected. Tactically, the Kremlin was mistaken in many ways. From a political point of view, it was quite easy to rally around Ukraine and justify the donation of weapons and money, — a NATO official told CNN.
However, according to him, over time, it became necessary to send more sophisticated types of weapons to Ukraine that require more effective training. “The good news is that guns help Ukrainians hold on. Bad— the longer the war goes on, the fewer such weapons will be available and the more difficult it will be to agree to their transfer, & mdash; an alliance source said.
Russia announced the start of a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goals “denazification and demilitarization.” neighboring state, as well as protecting the population of Donbass from “genocide” from Kyiv.
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Against the backdrop of anti-Russian sanctions, annual inflation in the eurozone in June reached a record 8.6%, while the most expensive energy— by 41.9% in annual terms. In July, the country— EU members agreed to reduce gas consumption by 15% compared to the average for the past five years from August 1 to March 31, 2023.
The Russian authorities called the restrictive measures announced against the country illegal and promised to give an equivalent response . In particular, against the backdrop of a freeze of almost half of the Central Bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves abroad, President Vladimir Putin converted payments for Russian gas into rubles. Speaking about the rise in prices in Europe, he noted that it was not the actions of Russia in Ukraine that led to this, but the systemic mistakes of the United States and the European Union in economic policy.
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