EU spends more on Russian oil and gas than financial aid to Ukraine

Purchasing Russian fossil fuels is, quite plainly, akin to sending financial aid to the Kremlin and enabling its invasion. [It’s] a practice that must stop immediately to secure not just Ukraine’s future, but also Europe’s energy security.”

Vaibhav Raghunandan, an analyst at Crea and coauthor of the report, said

Many countries were more generous in past conflicts. Germany, for example, mobilised much more aid, more quickly for Kuwait’s liberation in 1990/91 than it has for Ukraine in a comparable time period.”

He said

Russia captured the spot as No 2 LNG exporter to Europe last year.”

He said

The UK is ready to play a leading role in accelerating work on security guarantees for Ukraine.… It also means being ready and willing to contribute to security guarantees to Ukraine by putting our own troops on the ground if necessary,

he wrote in an opinion piece published by The Daily Telegraph on Feb 16.

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

This is a matter of concern to us ... as we are discussing the potential deployment of military contingents from NATO countries to Ukraine,

Peskov said

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

As for the security architecture in Europe, of course, a comprehensive settlement, a long-term and viable settlement is impossible without a comprehensive consideration of security issues on the continent,

Peskov said

The government is constantly claiming to have discovered a 'black hole' in the nation's finances… Yet, on the other hand, it declares that it will continue to give the notoriously corrupt Ukrainian government 'whatever it takes for as long as it takes',

Bennett told China Daily,

Zhang Hong (speed skater)champion

When the US mentions future European participation, it doesn't imply genuine involvement. Once the US and Russia reach a consensus, they can persuade Europe and Ukraine to accept the outcome, addressing some of their security concerns,

Zhang said

What we would appreciate is any efforts to resolve the war in Ukraine that would involve the Russian and Ukrainian sides. And so obviously, if both of them are willing to be involved in a process, that would be a welcome development,

said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking of the phone conversation

These US-Europe differences may reduce the conflict's intensity, but future disagreements still require consultation to resolve."

Zhao said

Besides the horizontal differences, there are also vertical differences (within nations), between the rulers and the ruled that will erupt out into the open,

said Desai

Vladimir Putinrussian President

I would like to have a meeting, but it needs to be prepared so that it brings results,

Putin said on Wednesday in televised remarks

We would have to see what role we would have to play. Obviously, as we've said many times over the last three years, the United Nations is willing to play a good offices role if asked to by the parties."

When asked whether the UN will be part of the negotiations, Haq said

Big increases in arms spending will come from our pockets and our public services. Preparing for real security in Britain and elsewhere means providing security of work, health, housing, not more weaponry and militarism at our expense which will only create greater insecurity and feed far-right forces,

she wrote

Even with just a small number of European leaders gathered there, important differences emerged among them,

said Radhika Desai, a professor in the department of political studies at the University of Manitoba in Canada and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Jeremy Shapiroamerican intelligence analyst

Europe's disunity and dependence on the US means that European countries will broadly accept whatever emerges from talks between the US and Russia,

Jeremy Shapiro, director of research at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said after senior US and Russian officials met in Riyadh

Vladimir Putinrussian President

The goal and subject" of the talks "was the restoration of Russia-US relations

Putin said

Given the importance of the United States and the Russian Federation, the UN welcomes any efforts to resolve issues through regular contact,

the spokesman said at a daily press briefing, calling the conversation between the two leaders "a positive thing".

The message to the US(and Russia) was clear: we do not need to invite Europeans to the table. Until they can put their own house in order, Europeans will have no choice but to watch from the sidelines,

he wrote on the council's website

Today I heard, 'Oh, well, we weren't invited.' Well, you've been there for three years. You should have never started it. You could have made a deal."

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