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    Mark Rutte drängt Estlands Strategie zum Sieg in der Ukraine in der gesamten NATO

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    1. Skolloc753 on

      It must be said again and again: every cent spent on Ukraine right now is an ounce of blood our soldiers will not have to pay in a few years. Spending money now or spending lives (and far more money) later.

      Take a lesson from the Ukraine war and the Iran war: *war is fucking expensive* when you start paying after it is too late. A military is like an insurance: expensive, you never hope to use it, but if you need it, you *really* need it. Because the alternative will break you financially.

      SYL

    2. QuirkyWish3081 on

      I think Putin will ‘disappear’ in a year or two. The tide is turning gradually now. Ukraine is making advances again, the Russian economy is faltering. The Russian people are losing a relative or a friend. Ukraine needs to keep attacking Moscow indiscriminately. Don’t let the Russian people ever feel safe.

    3. bklor on

      Across NATO, as in Rutte is pushing Trump? Yeah maybe not…

      Anyway, 0.25% is not enough given that it’s only Europe doing the lifting. Even worse that France and UK are negative to even 0.25%. Especially France. It’s kinda absurd. There’s a fucking war in Europe and 0.25% is too much?

      Macron really likes to talk about European strategic autonomy, Europe needing to step up, become a real power and so on. But he’s all talk.

    4. RevolutionaryWorry87 on

      I mean i think Ukraine have a very good chance at winning this.

      A massive surge of weapons, including air and drones, could shatter Russian morale. It’s a shame about iran war as if not russian economy could hurt more.

    5. SnooHesitations1020 on

      Frankly, this is money well spent. Russia is the single biggest military and geopolitical threat to European stability since WW2. The cost of helping Ukraine now is vastly lower than the cost of a wider future conflict if Russia concludes that aggression works and NATO lacks resolve.

      Ukraine is effectively degrading Russia’s military capability on behalf of Europe. Supporting them is not charity – it is strategic self-interest and probably the cheapest major defense investment Europe has made in decades.

    6. MoistlyCompetent on

      **SUMMARY**

      **NATO chief pushes for binding Ukraine aid target**

      Mark Rutte, NATO’s Secretary General, is pushing allies to commit 0.25% of their GDP annually to military aid for Ukraine, a proposal originally developed by Estonia in 2023. If adopted, it would roughly triple annual financial flows to Ukraine, reaching an estimated $143 billion.

      **Key points:**

      – Rutte raised the proposal at a closed-door NATO ambassadors meeting, framing it as a way to make Ukraine support „consistent and predictable“ ahead of the July summit in Ankara, Turkey.
      – The idea originates from a 2023 Estonian defense paper arguing Ukraine could achieve victory within three years with sufficient allied backing covering weapons, training, air defense, and ammunition.
      – Currently, support is highly uneven — Nordic, Baltic, Dutch, and Polish nations contribute a disproportionately large share of GDP, while Southern European countries lag behind.
      – The proposal faces significant opposition, including from France and the UK, making adoption in its current form unlikely. Any alliance-wide target requires unanimous approval.
      – An added complication is that some EU member states want their contributions to a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine counted toward any future target.
      – Estonian diplomats confirmed discussions are ongoing but said it is too early to tell whether the 0.25% target will become official NATO policy.

      Foreign ministers are expected to discuss the matter at a meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden next week.

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