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The German parliament approved a $195 billion rescue plan to prepare households and companies for the energy crisis
Written by Connor Freeman. Originally published by AntiWar
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the bloc would give Kiev 18 billion euros next year while it continues fighting Russia, Reuters reported on Friday.
The latest pledge was made during the second day of the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels, where further support for Ukraine is being discussed. According to von der Leyen, Kiev estimates that, to run the country, it requires 3-4 billion euros every month “for the basics.”
So far, this year the bloc has provided Kiev with 19 billion euros. Looking ahead to 2023, the EU is committing to give Kiev 1.5 billion euros per month. The remaining monthly welfare for Ukraine’s government is expected to come out of the American taxpayers’ pockets and international institutions, according to von der Leyen.
As Americans and Europeans alike struggle amid skyrocketing inflation and soaring energy prices, their governments appear dead set on continuing to pour tens of billions of dollars into Ukraine to fund its corrupt government and keep NATO’s proxy war going. “It is very important for Ukraine to have a predictable and stable flow of income,” von der Leyen declared.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the EU leaders at the summit and made several demands. He wants “new powerful” sanctions levied against Russia and Iran. Zelensky blames Tehran for Moscow’s drone attacks, but there is no definitive evidence that the Iranians have sold Moscow these weapons. Despite repeated denials from Russia and Iran, the EU as well as the UK imposed fresh sanctions on Iran this week over the allegations of Russia bombing Ukraine with Iranian drones.
Moreover, Zelensky asked the EU for more air and missile defense systems. In recent weeks, Berlin sent the first of four IRIS-T air defense systems and Paris pledged more anti-aircraft systems.
Zelensky also warned that Moscow’s increased air attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, which is being provoked by repeated Ukrainian terror attacks and shelling inside Russia, will lead to a refugee crisis in Europe.
“Russian terror against our energy facilities is aimed at creating as many problems as possible with electricity and heat for Ukraine this fall and winter so that as many Ukrainians as possible move to your countries,” Zelensky told the summit. The EU is now looking at ways to assist Ukraine to restore power, electricity, and water supplies, von der Leyen said.
Concurrently, the German parliament approved a massive 200 billion euro ($195 billion) rescue package to help households and companies as they endure the energy crisis caused by the Washington-led sanctions blitz on Russia. Before the war began, Russia provided roughly a third of Europe’s gas and Germany depended on Moscow for more than half of its gas supplies. After the Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to ship gas to Europe via an undamaged line in Nord Stream 2. This offer was quickly rejected by Berlin.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken celebrated the explosions in the Baltic Sea, which caused possibly the largest ever leak of methane gas, describing the attack as a “tremendous strategic opportunity for the years to come.”
Before incumbents are replaced after the midterms in January, members of both parties in the U.S. Congress reportedly plan to pass another gargantuan Ukraine aid package. The number being floated is $50 billion. This is supposed to keep Kiev’s war going for another year, but that number will likely increase. Washington has already funded Ukraine’s war with more than $67 billion this year, in mostly military aid, this would raise that figure to more than $115 billion.
Connor Freeman is the assistant editor and a writer at the Libertarian Institute, primarily covering foreign policy. He is a co-host on the Conflicts of Interest podcast. His writing has been featured in media outlets such as Antiwar.com, Counterpunch, and the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. He has also appeared on Liberty Weekly, Around the Empire, and Parallax Views. You can follow him on Twitter @FreemansMind96.
Understandable. It is cheaper for EU to pay Ukraine to keep residents at home than to have refugees in EU.
None of ukrop refugee cunts went to Rumania…. Our studs still fucking goats….
Each euro is ROBBED by government from people captive in this matrix of obedience.
Those who decide this must be eliminated.
To pay for subsidies and arms for the Ukronazis, and to pay for energy price relief the governments must print money. This is monetary inflation, which causes price inflation. A 10% increase in money supply causes an average increase in prices of 10% within six months. Coupled with decreased tax revenues from a shrinking economy and well-entrenched deficit spending habits, this means that government can’t really keep up the energy subsidy game, even by borrowing from itself to kick today’s energy bills onto future generations.
On RT today it was announced that Russian cultural centres in Europe are being turned into humanitarian warming centres. Families can bring their children and warm up, get hot tea, see movies and cartoons and are invited to charge up their cellphone batteries.
It’s not a problem for the fiat money called dollar. The kikejoos toilet paper mill is running all day long. The real problem will be when that currency will begin to be second a hand one. That’s the real goal beside the aggression over Russia via the CIA operation called Ukropizdan nazi. As soon as the dollar will be placed under BRICS monetary system, all game is DONE. But the looser of this game is Europe who don’t have the proper ‘mill’ like the muricans. But it’s another good ‘collateral damage’ for the ameriscums also.
And in the same time peoples in EU are enduring inflation on a record scale ! On kikejoo owned EU there are estimated that till now in 2022 there were over 100.000 business bankrupt. All because those mobsters and thieves from Bruxelles new SSSR have orders from the transatlantic murican ‘mother of all whores’ to divert money from investments to Kiev nazi’s. With this money half of those bankruptcy would have been saved. Talmudians are again pulling the strings of globalism, deliberately impoverishing the middle class, killing the old generation and making the younger sterile as theirs mamona’s agenda demand. But today they receive a big painful blow from China: president Xi being again elected for a 5 year mandate. That’s not good for the JUSA empire of lies and terror, they will have very big problems. The scam of 2007 of ameriscum deep state foaming and fueling discord inside China Communist Party by backing a well known ‘moderate useful idiot’, Hu Jintao, crashed now because all chinese peoples know that behind Taiwan issue stands the new anglo-sionazism as usual.
Slovenly and spoiled European women don’t want competition. Importing undersexed male migrants from Africa and the middle east, those they want. But sexy Ukrainian women, no.
Oh so those hohol bitches are fighting for their shithole country so much and love their hohol husbands so much that they all left to suck nigger and shitskin dicks back in February 😆😆
Let bithces fight for the nigger dicks!!!!
What a fuggin lizard you are. SMH
The newly arrived Ukrainian women way undercut the prices of local prostitutes, even the prices of previous waves of Ukrainian streetwalkers. Instead of defending their country, Ukrainian male refugees are pimping their women in western cities. Everything Ukrainian is for sale: women, children, weapons, humanitarian aid, country – cheap!
if men dont have to conform to the manipulated femine narrative because women are not the one who have the selection process in hand would make every male independent and un wooped. social instincts manipulation with a flair of brainwashing of female populations is a winning combination
Both African men and Ukrainian women belong with their own ethnic groups. Western European degenerates are obsessed with exploiting others to be their own sexual playthings, be it African men or Ukrainian women. This is because Western people are spoiled, dysfunctional, and unable to form healthy families because their societies have been ruined by consumer culture and Jewish detritus.
They keep funding Ukraine just to win the war, they don’t really care how many Ukrainians died or missing, all they need from the front EU defender against Russia — Zelensky is to win the war for them.
What a midget. Thinner than a stick. I guess the photo is before he went heavy on roids.
Idiots they will never get back any cent. They destroyed their EU with debts for a country which can win the war with some propability but which will never recure economic from this war. To many men have died and infrastructure is destroyed. How will they every recreate? How will EU avoid going bankrupt if they send money to this black hole?
Money that EU doesn’t have and that can’t spend for their citizens. Tic toc, tic toc…their time’s running out
In ancient times providing aid to any side in a conflict will definitely put yourself to ally on that contender side and will mean the other side could retaliate to you… well, we are now in PAX AMERICANA Times, anyone should obey USA Empire orders, so USA could do anything even put the World upside down to gain advantage of this…. if you think the World is upside down, say thanks to USA Masters of Universe.
Somebody needs to add some Fentanyl into that cokehead’s stash.
Putin will be cashing those checks while dribbling out gas as slowly as possible. I hope he makes Europe squeal.
So exactly HOW will the EU find the money? The EU is in the verge of a economic collapse. Yeah good luck with that EU you Cumb Dunts just like the UKRO flag waving fags on here like Joeyloves2giveblowies, Jentheoldfag, mohomoyourpoofta and USA#1fags.
As European tax payer, I disagree that my hard earned Euros will go to a foreign circus, lead by a Clown. I protest. And I will protest on the streets.
I want there to be mass riots and uprisings in the EU over this shit, what a tragic waste of money.
The dumb twat has gone into comedy , apparently . The EU as it stands today , won’t survive the winter . European economies will be in terrible shape , will be a struggle just to stay afloat themselves. .