“If putin isn’t convinced by Trump to make peace, we could bring forward more convincing arguments for peace very quickly — by greatly increasing our military support to Ukraine”, - wrote European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius on X on May 5.
Kubilius noted that until now, the EU and the U.S. have provided Ukraine with about €40 billion in military aid annually, and that military assistance could rise from €40 to €80 billion by changing the weapons supplier.
“But we can spend that same amount procuring modern weapons in Ukraine — which would cost about half as much as those made in the EU or US. This would effectively double the volume of weapons Ukraine receives for the same €40 billion. Our support’s real value would rise to €80 billion”, - wrote the European Commissioner for Defense.
He emphasized that this would implement the formula “peace through strength”.