“Europe without the Ukrainian army will not cope with the Russian army,” the Ukrainian president warns.

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Europe that it cannot withstand Russia without Ukraine’s military, calling Ukraine’s victory vital to stopping Kremlin expansion.

Speaking to Polish media, Zelenskyy stressed that Russia’s larger, more brutal army would target other European nations if Ukraine falls.

He criticized Western allies for underestimating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, urging them to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    13 days ago

    He’s right.

    Ukraine grows a LOT of grain. It’s going to be a big problem when they stop providing Europe and the world.

    • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      On a more cynical note: Ukraine grows a lot of Russian obituaries, which the EU doesn’t have to, should they try to invade the Baltics once they are successful in Ukraine.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        13 days ago

        I’m not certain why your point was downvoted (maybe the wording confused people)… but folks may grumble about paying extra taxes to financially support the Ukrainian army but that does not even compare to the rage governments would face if they started sending volunteer or drafted troops to fight the frontline.

        It’s incredibly cynical of course - but if Ukraine is willing to fight and die for European freedom for the low low cost of just some money its insane to reject their offer.

        Russia will not stop at Ukraine. They may stop at the Polish border, but the Baltic states are absolutely within Putin’s gaze.

        • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          13 days ago

          if Ukraine is willing to fight and die for European freedom for the low low cost of just some money its insane to reject their offer.

          Insane. It pisses me off no end that we haven’t given them the tools to not just defend their freedom, but to win. Fuck your fear of escalation. There are North Korean soldiers fighting a war of aggression in Europe.

          Like how much more are we going to take?

          • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            13 days ago

            all of it. Europe bought the lie of peace dividends, outsourced their defense to America, and elected weapons grade morons and co-conspirators like Burlesconi, Merkel and Orban, who opened the door for Putin to put Europe in a comprimising position once he decided to s tart shooting.

            And now America wants out.

            Europe’s either going to have to prepare for war. or accept that Russia is going to get to do what it wants, and continue to ratfuck European politics with shit like Orban, Fico, and whatever the fuck BRUV is.

      • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
        0·
        13 days ago

        Reads differently

        Looking ahead, most of the respondents expect current risks to persist, in particular the frequency of extreme weather events, and the unpredictability of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will evolve. Concerning the latter, risks are not only linked to the availability of imports, but also to ongoing price volatility both for inputs and commodities and to potential logistical restrictions in place. Several respondents anticipate no decline in food inflation in the coming months, as input and production costs are expected to stay up, thus keeping consumer prices high due to delayed price transmission between different stages of the food chain

        So there are concerns about the invasion and it’s driving food inflation.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          13 days ago

          I never claimed climate change couldn’t cause increased prices. But EU has lots of spare farmland that farmers are paid to NOT use to REDUCE production to avoid huge stockpiles like we had in the 70’s.
          EU can increase production a lot if we want.

          So as I wrote EU is not and is not likely to become dependent on Ukrainian grain.

          • golli@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            11 days ago

            That and at least here in Germany we also use tons of land to grow energy plants such as rapeseed (apparently that alone uses 10% of all farming land), which imo is just incredibly inefficient. In case of an emergency at this scale i’d imagine that would be turned back to producing something like weat.

            We could also simply produce a bit less meat, which is similarly inefficient in howmuch you need to feed the animals per kg of product.