Thread by @UmlandAndreas

1. A common Western misperception is that Ukrainians are unhappy about not getting enough direct help from the West.
euractiv.com/section/politi…

2. A far more salient desire here is that the West stops indirectly co-financing the Russian war against Ukraine via its intense trade, monetary and investment relations with Russia.

3. The Western talk about European values, international law, strong solidarity etc. appears as hollow, and the generous Western developmental help for Ukraine as ridiculous.

4. Without the EU's massive raw material imports from, financial services for, and high technology exports to, Russia, the Russian state and economy would function differently.

5. While the West cannot change Russia, it is a main reason that the Kremlin can afford the luxury of conducting wars from Georgia to Syria to Ukraine - and perhaps soon somewhere else. END
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