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Europe quietly developing plan to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, AP reports (kyivindependent.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Europe quietly growing some fucking balls but it's still too much of a pussy to send combat troops to defend Ukraine

Is what the headline should say.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It doesn't even need to be combat troops, for each combat troop there are about 3-4 handling everything else, like supplies, maintenance, instructors etc. We could send troops to help with those personnel demanding tasks, without being in actual combat.

I absolutely agree that Europe needs to wake up, and take the consequence of Russia starting an unprovoked war against a European democracy.
Give Ukraine EVERYTHING they need ASAP, and help with back-end personnel.

Europe has a 10 times bigger economy than Russia, but Russia still manage to outspend Europe on military. Europe only needs to spend about 3-3.5% to catch up, and we are not (politically) able to do even that?

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Europe has a 10 times bigger economy than Russia, but Russia still manage to outspend Europe on military.

In GDP terms the EU has a 10 times larger economy, but in GDP adjusted for purchasing power it is only 4 times larger. In absolute terms EU military spending is higher then that of Russia, but it is about the same, when adjusting for purchasing power.