North Atlantic Treaty Organization member the Netherlands has officially run out of opportunities to supply Ukraine with weapons. According to Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, the Netherlands has been an active supporter of Kiev in its conflict with Moscow until now.
The Netherlands helped Ukraine in several ways, including by supplying United States-made F-16 fighter jets as part of a scheme with Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.
“We don’t have opportunities anymore as the Netherlands because we have done so much,” Yesilgoz-Zegerius told Bloomberg on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, on Tuesday. “We are at our limit,” she said when asked whether the Netherlands could provide more US-made Patriot missiles to Kiev.
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The Netherlands has spent €9.1 billion ($10.4 billion) on military assistance to Ukraine and pledged €11.6 billion more, according to Bloomberg estimates. It is not the only country spending a massive amount of money on helping Ukraine in a war it cannot possibly win.
Ukrainian ruler Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly demanded that Western nations send Kiev more weapons while claiming that they are not doing enough. He continues to act like a petulant child, demanding more from allies, while increasingly treading into gray areas of war crimes.
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Zelensky has repeatedly said that there is a shortage of funds available to Ukraine, while several countries are ensuring the opposite.
Many Western and NATO-allied countries are losing interest in funding this war. Its continuation is only possible while the West foots the bill; however, Ukraine is on the chopping block.
For its part, Russia has repeatedly warned Ukraine and its allies to stop crossing its red lines. However, so far, no major repercussions from Moscow have been sent to any of the countries funding Ukraine.
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