Russia is still exporting about 750 million € of energy products every day. Most of it is shipped through the Baltic Sea and ends up in the EU either directly or indirectly with intermediaries in Turkiye and India.
The EU is Russias largest LNG buyer. I think that not paying Russia 500 Million € every day / limiting their means to export 500 Million € every day is a huge blow to Russias war efforts. Far stronger than the weapons delivered to Ukraine by the EU in 2024.
In terms of diplomacy the way NATO politics were made, in particular by the US in the past 25 years never gave a fuck about Ukraine.
In this regard i can recommend this lecture by Prof. John Mearsheimer, who not only warned against Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament in the 90s but also foresaw the current war.
even if Russia couldn’t sell any gas anymore (not even to China/India), this only has an effect long term. if we stop giving Ukraine arms, it won’t have that long
I agree that economic sanctions are the best way, but until those are effective enough, we need to give Ukraine the means to defend itself
Russia is still exporting about 750 million € of energy products every day. Most of it is shipped through the Baltic Sea and ends up in the EU either directly or indirectly with intermediaries in Turkiye and India.
The EU is Russias largest LNG buyer. I think that not paying Russia 500 Million € every day / limiting their means to export 500 Million € every day is a huge blow to Russias war efforts. Far stronger than the weapons delivered to Ukraine by the EU in 2024.
https://energyandcleanair.org/december-2024-monthly-analysis-of-russian-fossil-fuel-exports-and-sanctions/
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-turkey-become-vladimir-putin-pit-stop-sell-camouflage-fuel-eu/
In terms of diplomacy the way NATO politics were made, in particular by the US in the past 25 years never gave a fuck about Ukraine.
In this regard i can recommend this lecture by Prof. John Mearsheimer, who not only warned against Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament in the 90s but also foresaw the current war.
even if Russia couldn’t sell any gas anymore (not even to China/India), this only has an effect long term. if we stop giving Ukraine arms, it won’t have that long
I agree that economic sanctions are the best way, but until those are effective enough, we need to give Ukraine the means to defend itself