Tag: Proxy War


A lot of money is needed to wage the war that the European Commission, headed by Ursula Von der Leyen, wants to impose on Europe against Russia. The question is: who pays?
While Europe was preaching sacrifice and solidarity with Ukraine, a number of its leaders were forging profitable ties around the war effort. Behind the moral language of “defending democracy” lay a network of favors, contracts, and donations that helps explain why the conflict continues with no clear end in sight.
The truth is that Russia has the money to fight on for as long as it takes and Ukraine does not, Ian Proud writes.
The US President Donald Trump has seemingly shifted gear in the US strategy to stop Russia on its tracks from creating new facts on the ground in Ukraine.

