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Harpsund – Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is internet hosting a Nordic-Baltic summit on Wednesday and Thursday, the place Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk may even take part.
The heads of presidency of the international locations reiterate their assist for Ukraine and promise to extend efforts.
“If Ukraine loses, all of us lose,” says Donald Tusk, whose Poland will take over the EU presidency after the New Yr.
This comes because the incoming US President Donald Trump takes the helm throughout the Atlantic.
Among the many European NATO international locations, there’s nice concern that the US beneath Trump will minimize its assist to Ukraine, which the nation’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes would result in Ukraine shedding the battle.
Do Poland and the EU have the capability to offer enough assist if the US withdraws its assist?
“We should have no illusions in regards to the prospects within the coming weeks and months. Because of this on this group, Europe and NATO have to be prepared to interchange components of the assist if the American determination seems to be because it seems right this moment,” says Donald Tusk.
“We’re not simply speaking about Ukraine, we aren’t simply speaking about Russia – we’re speaking about our safety,” he continues.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen additionally emphasizes the significance of extra European assist.
“If we wish a free Europe, we should give Ukraine what it wants on the battlefield. And we should do it with none self-imposed purple strains and restrictions,” she says.
(27 November)
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