Dutch defence minister believes Ukraine is currently losing war
www.pravda.com.ua
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:07:26 +0200
Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans has given a grim assessment of the situation in the war zone in Ukraine during a debate on the defence budget in parliament, saying that Russia retains the upper hand and that the US elections are making the situation even more uncertain.
Source European Pravda, citing Dutch newspaper Trouw Quote We can even say that Ukraine is currently losing the war.
And were dealing with the US election results, which are turning everything upside down quite a bit because we know that the new president, Donald Trump, has made statements about how he feels about Ukraine and how hell force the parties to the negotiating table.
Details At the beginning of his speech, Brekelmans discussed further military assistance to Ukraine and stated that Russia has the advantage on the battlefield.
The risk is that Ukraine will have to make big concessions because itll negotiate from a position of weakness.
This will mean that aggression in Europe will win.
Then well really be living together on a different continent than the one we all grew up on, Brekelmans said.
The minister also noted that the previous Dutch government had determined the amount of aid to Ukraine for 2025, and the current government sees no reason to revise it.
Even if I had a much bigger budget for Ukraine right now, it would not lead to immediate deliveries.
There are simply no Patriot air defence missiles in the warehouses available for delivery to Ukraine, the defence minister explained.
Background In recent weeks, after Trumps election as US president, the West has begun to discuss a certain version of the settlement of the RussoUkrainian war more actively.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Pter Szijjrt stated that with Donald Trumps victory in the US presidential election, the end of the RussianUkrainian war has never seemed so close.
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