woelkchen@lemmy.world to Ukraine@lemmy.world · 26 days ago'Putin's leverage over Europe gone' as Ukraine's key move comes into effectwww.irishstar.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10
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minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·26 days agoIt’s twofold: Reason 1 - taking the moral high ground, as well as being seen trustworthy, since they are honoring the contract Reason 2 - there is a lot of money involved that they would probably need to pay back in addition to penalties for not honoring the contract. Reason 2 is likely the bigger issue, since they needed the money, which was already planned into the budget.
It’s twofold:
Reason 1 - taking the moral high ground, as well as being seen trustworthy, since they are honoring the contract
Reason 2 - there is a lot of money involved that they would probably need to pay back in addition to penalties for not honoring the contract.
Reason 2 is likely the bigger issue, since they needed the money, which was already planned into the budget.