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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Phillip Inman

Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

Two soldiers walk past burnt-out blocks of flats with rubble strewn around them.
Ukrainian soldiers in the ruins of Bakhmut in 2022, before the city fell to Russian forces. Photograph: Libkos/AP

Europe has plotted an elegant decline that suits the needs of its ageing population, and the Ukraine war cannot be allowed to interfere with that plan.

That is how it seems when EU countries consider circumventing the financial rulebook to offer Ukraine what it needs to overcome waves of drones and break the deadlock on its eastern front.

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