Which EU Country is Doing Most For Ukraine? (It's Not Germany)
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Who's really supporting Ukraine in its fight for freedom? We've crunched the numbers, and the results might shock you. The EU and its Member States have pledged an astounding 144 billion euros, dwarfing the US's commitment. But it's not just about the total sum. We dive deep into the contributions of individual EU countries, revealing a landscape of generosity that defies economic size and population. Germany leads, but the spotlight shines brightly on smaller nations like Estonia, Latia and Poland, showcasing their outsized support relative to GDP. Yet, when politics enter the fray, the narrative shifts. Scholz' Germany hesitation on military aid and internal EU disagreements cast shadows over financial contributions. We're cutting through the noise to spotlight the true champions of support for Ukraine.
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It’s weird for an RUclips channel called “EUMadeSimple” to mistaken the national flag of an EU member country (Bulgarian flag). Shame on you!
Why does nobody mention that you can watch ads in other countries with Surfshark? It makes the ads more interesting.
Because we all make mistakes. I will be sure to get the flag correct next time.
@@EUMadeSimplein the arena of Clandestine operations, I know the Netherlands would be on first place. But well you aren’t allowed to know everything.
Why is Bulgarian flag wrong? Such an embarrassment!
I'm Russian and I totally against this stupid war and Putin's regime 🇷🇺💖🇺🇦🇪🇺
Contrary to what the russian propaganda says, almost nobody in europe confuses Putin's system craziness and the russian people will (but the Ukrainians but they have some reasons to be upset)
Go to your own country and fight Putin. Don’t say anything because you are probably in the EU spending money from a EU country.
Let's hope that Putin eventually is removed and that he isn't replaced with a new dictator.
Would be great to see a free and democratic Russia.
you're 1 in a million, russians are still as they are, no opinion changed for me about them. They will be like this for the next 100years.
It's good to have you here, information is key to freedom. keep talking to people and go out, don't close yourself in
Denmark’s contribution is impressive. They aren’t bordered by Russia yet are up there with the same high GDP contribution as the Eastern European Countries.
We are kind of front line (at least before Sweden joined NATO), just by sea instead of land. If the Russian Baltic Navy wants to enter the open sea, we are in the way.
@henningmadsen9510 Our weapons were also bought with the intention to defend against a foreign invader, and let's be honest, I doubt any other country in europe would attack us.
Denmark is bordered by Russia in the Baltic Sea. Bornholm is close to Kaliningrad.
Yes, and the danish GDP is not exactly small. Something like 2 x EU average GDP/Capita.
Denmark has a couple of times tried to be occupied by big wars and after Hitler entered in 1939, we made a saying here never again. We have nothing against russia for us its Putin we are against. Putin reminds us of Hitler when Hitler said to not want to go north yet did it anyway. Putin has at some point showed interest in Bornholm.
Never been more proud to be Czech, Sláva Ukrajině 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦
Me too!
Your president is a mega chad!
Me too :)
Greetings from Poland. Czechs have also been impressive.
proudest poodle.
As an austrian I no longer remember when I was proud of my country. We are the fucks who dont even want to use frozen russian accounts for ukrain reemburstment
Thank You for being Austrian here who cares.
Greeting from Czechia
Well, you're one who cares. That's a start.
Cheers from Portugal
Deine Meinung: Wer ist denn mittlerweile die rechtsextremere Partei, AfD oder fpö und wieso tf hat Österreich da so gar keine Berührungssängste mehr 😂
Austria had been the heart of a very nasty empire. Hungary as well.
Good to know that there people like you out there. If they can just put that money in humanitary aid for Ukraine thats fine by me. Ukraine needs both.
I have huge respect for the Baltics. They warned about Russia for many years - and were right. They were the first to aid Ukraine.
Greetings and respect from Denmark 🇩🇰🇺🇦
Baltis like 3 little angry dogs, They bark, snap, and then when they get a kick in the ass they whine about how cruelly they were treated, and yes, the trade turnover between them has increased 10 times with Russia, continue to live in illusion...
Greeting from Poland brother…
Greetings from Estonia, finally (most of) the world sees what RU state really is. Slava Ukraina!
Yes! Former polish president (who tragically died in Smolensk '10) said in the capital of the Georgia "Georgia first, then the baltic states, and then maybe my country - Poland". Eastern Europeans have been aware of Russian imperialism since the middle ages
@@joejoejoejoebidenAll true besides one thing. He along with many Polish politicians has been assassinated by Putler coz he knew to much and was speaking to the world the truth.
Extremely common Estonia W 🇪🇪
And shame on Germany
@@iulyxpertlol
@@iulyxpertwhy tho? whats with the germany bashing? germany does so much more than most other european countries in flat numbers, % of GDP and politically, while suffering the greatest consequences within the EU (until now at least)
Then why other countries can help with more than 3% from GDP? Germany looks like a coward country, remember how it started: "we can send no more than helmets". Cowards!
@@iulyxpert Well i would say shame on Luxemnbourg by far the wealtiest. Ok it doesn't really matter that much in totale but still. As for Germany it still drives most of the arms industry and they do get a lot of support from Germany governement. I've never seen a couple of factory's for the war effort go up so fast in germany. Its just a shame that Schultz is doing such a bad job in the PR department.
W as always Estonia
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Yes ❤👍❤️
Ukrainian here, thank you for all your support wherever you're from
A właśnie że nie, bardzo ważne jest skąd jest pomoc żeby w przyszłości móc odegrać podobną rolę ,chodzi mi o skale pomocy.Oczywiście że liczy się każda pomoc tu nie ma co do tego wątpliwości
Yea we know what you really mean
@@user-ft8zn5ti9b I said what I said. Your interpretation is not my concern
You are welcome 🙂 Greetings from Czechia.
@@mariusklos9987 Nie przeczę temu co mówi, oczywiście każda pomoc w takiej sytuacji jest ważna, ale trzeba też pamiętać, kto pomagał „od serca” (a są to w większości kraje z podobnymi doświadczeniami historycznymi z Moskwą), a któ zaczęły pomagać z konieczności/celowości politycznej
Thank you all❤. It's very heartwarming to see how many of you are there supporting Ukraine. Only together we can defeat the evil
As ukrainian, i`m wery grateful for your support. You are the ones who save the lives of millions, my country, my relatives and me in particular. I hope one day we will join a great european family. Thanks again.
It's the least we can do.
Wish you and Ukraine the best.
Cheers from Denmark.
I hope you guys can join us soon. Your country is fighting for its existence and for us as well. Greetings from the Netherlands
Eternal glory to the heroes of Ukraine!! The heroic struggle of Ukraine decides the fate of our civilization. Many people don't understand it, it's tragic... but here in the Baltics, we not only understand it very well, we KNOW it.
@@EyesOfGehennaWe will not be in the EU and NATO, this is a lie. Ukraine is like a pad; it serves the function of weakening Russia. When the time comes, we will be thrown away like a used condom. If they wanted to help win, weapons would flow like a river.
Courage ❤️👍❤️
Proud to be danish!
And Ukrainians blessed to have such friends. Thank you
Congratulations to Estonia from Poland for yet another Estonian W. I was kinda hoping for Poland to have the number 1 spot after refugees were taken into account but i guess Estonians just stay winning.
Estonia helps Ukraine because they are Ukraine. A country occupied by the USSR, with a large Russian minority near the border, have decomunization called "nazism" by the Russians... The only thing that stopped Estonia from being Ukraine is NATO membership
100% !!!
Yep, there is a reason the ex-Soviet and ex-Warsaw Pact countries figure high on the list and that's it.
The closer you are to Russia, the more you spend on military. Greetings from Poland.
Nobody cares about puny poor Estonia.
So it's Russia's fault that it is too near to NATO's bases? Should Russia move a bit, so NATO could put more their bases? Look at the map of NATO's military bases and switch on your brain to realise who is defending themselves in this story
As Ukrainian I can’t stress enough how much I am grateful for all the support.
For us it’s not a competition and places, it is lives which been saved and if your country helped save at least 1 life it is whole world to someone.
People have their own battles, struggles and challenges in their countries, but still helping Ukraine.
You all are champions to me.
I think we should criticize less and praise more.
Except for Hungary of course.
I understand your point, and of course, our focus should be to praise the best and not to criticize too much.
I do, however, think it's important to get these numbers out in a time where we live with so much disinformation. We don't want to see the same happen in Europe as we currently see in the USA.
There have also been many talks about German donations, and it was nice to see that there is no reason to question how much Germany donates.
Cheers from Denmark.
Yes I agree, information should be spread and without a doubt it is usefull and informative video. And btw thanks for all@@chrislambaa7586
That's sensible.
Psychologists tell us that praising is a better way to encourage good behaviour than attacking bad behaviour.
But the biggest praise should go to Ukraine. Your people are the ones dying for freedom and democracy.
(From a Brit)
EU would trade Hungary for Ukraine any day
I am proud to be a Czech citizen and Danish resident.
And we thank you, if it is your doing - your are doing great, come to visit France 😄
"I am proud to be a Czech citizen" The Danes aren't very big on nationalism, they are more a tribe, than a nation.
Nauč je chlastat naše pivo. Česká ekonomika Tě potřebuje.
@michaelmayo3127 As a dane I wouldn't say danes aren't big on nationalism. 85% support our new king HM Frederik X, who's a former special forces soldier among other impressive things, and there are danish flags on the christmas trees and at birthdays. During world war two under german occupation, the king rode the streets of Copenhagen on horse every day, alone without security.
@@Pyrochemik007Is it Pivo? I have been to Prague and I love your beer and hospitality.
Thank you, everyone, from Ukraine ❤
In the last few years i fell in love with Estonia. Chad country. Greetings from Czech republic.
But Estonia has little in common with a country called Chad. Or am I wrong? :)
@@polishguy26 I think people in Chad would be suprised they now became a sort of hallmark.
While I agree that France should increase its military aid for ukraine given its GDP and military industry I would not be so quick to judge Marcron for saying that sending troops to Ukraine is something that cant be ruled out. This is something called strategic ambiguity. If you refuse to state what your potential response or strategy is going to be and say that nothing is ruled out, your opponent now has to consider every scenario and step more carefully. If you publickly announce what you are going or not going to do you are providing your enemy information he can use to form a strategy. This can be sometimes useful and sometimes dangerous. But Europe looking soft is in large part what encouridged Putin to pull this **** in the first place.
As an Irish man, I am ashamed and disgusted. You can always depend on Irish leaders to go to international events and say all the right things but then do fuck all.
Ukrainians are gratefull for all support from Irealand, even if it seems not much, for us it is huge help.
Irish governments and how they help 'do business' with tax-evading multinational corporations is another contentious topic. most irritating the taxes actually paid by these global corporations don't seem to improve the life of average Irish citizens - so what is the point? Ireland corporate tax model should get reformed
That goes for most if not all European countries, pal. Yes even countries that are giving their all like Poland, the Baltics etc for Ukraine at the moment.
Say that Turkey would wage war against Greecem which isn't impossible to happen. Those aforementioned countries won't send help to Greece for example. For one, it "doesn't concern them" and two, there is money to be made in Turkey. Aka, interests.
Until one single leader comes with a clear pro-Europe and pro-Humanity vision to rule us all in an iron but fair fist, us Europeans will always remain this divided and cowardly against the forces of Chaos.
@@georgedevries3992 well the EU has to help Greece in the example you give.
The EU has a rule/clause that says that in case of a war (or maybe even an attack) against one of it's members. The other members have to help the attacked member (to the best of their abilities).
It's almost the same as the famous NATO article 5.
But yes, some countries would try to avoid their responsibilities, even when the future of their neighbours is in danger.
@@ChristiaanHW Regarding your 1st paragraph, I seriously doubt that will happen. At most, they will impose some measily sanctions that Erdie will easily shrug off.
As a Dane, we don't like when the small ones are being bullied by huge idiots!
I wish our country did more for Ukraine, as a Romanian. I don't get how a small country such as Estonia did so much with thier limited means compared to others with bigger economies. and we, as neighbors, are barely moving a finger. Bulgaria did more than us even though they don't share a border with Ukraine. Bravo Estonia for being a leader!
As ukrainian I am very gratefull for your countries help, especialy with food security and humanitarian. Your country saved many lives and we are very gratefull.
I think RO is doing things behind the scenes without being transparent when it comes to aid. That's why it's difficult to say how much we're actually helping (or not). It's a bit frustrating finding out we didn't hit our 2% gdp on military with a war at the border so i would be inclined to say we're really not doing enough by far
@@GSorinYT I think it is the same in Bulgaria. We have an arms industry that certainly exports production to Ukraine, but the deals are not transparent (they generally aren't). There have been many unexplained explosions at military depots here for the last 15 years. So most transactions are done for example through Poland as a buyer but not as a donation. Also, our parliament is fragmented at the moment and we still have some strong pro-Russian parties in it that put the spokes in the wheel
Romania is doing a lot more behind the scenes. In videos published by the soldiers you could see ak's made in Romania, magazines made in Romania, ammo made in Romania and artilery shells made in Romania. Just because we don't declare it doesn't mean we don't help.
As a bulgarian, majority of us didnt want to involve ourselves in the conflict but out politicians did. Majority of us wanted neutrality since the begining. We are so democratic that all important geopolitical decisions are made without asking the people first.
Mediterranean countries think that this does not concern them.
They are wrong.
Trust me, we are, but only half of us I would say.
Still not enough and I do believe that the other half is just selfish enough to think that they can continue to live their lives without being involved.
Only pointing out that this external crisis among with the internal one is only because of our gouvernement behaviour. Helped by all the scepticals and by the internet kremlin trolls which are pretty happy to see our non cohesion on the subject.
People should really start seeing the bigger picture of it and understand that this is all our European life model that is at risk.
As a concerned Frenchman, I do know that my country isn't contributing enough. Yet I hope. And I will do what is necessary when the time will come because I am feeling European and then French (unpopular opinion I know).
Italy thinks they can free-ride on every European issue, that's the thing. So it's not just Ukraine, literally anything that'd require Italy giving aid and not receiving. We are a very selfish nation.
Malta is neutral according to its constitution apart from spending negligible amounts on its military. That said, Malta sent over 8,700 tonnes of humanitarian aid, medical supplies, industrial generators, mine detectors, etc. and is taking in refugees.
@@DoctorGuru90 I'm not to worried about Malta they can't do that much anyway but i do appriciate all the help they can give.
Quite the contrary. They're the only ones with a shred of basic common sense.
Every help from all countries is important!
Also every help to Gaza is important too.
@@user-pk2ff2cz6l really? Was that really necessary to bring up here?
@@Chips569 Yes, it will always be necessary to bring up anywhere, every time until justice is done. We won't rest. We won't stop.
@@user-pk2ff2cz6l this is a channel about Europe, so no this isn't the place for your comment.
But if you want to ask for more aid.
i'm sure the Arab countries with their record fossil fuel profits, have plenty of money that Gaza (their neighbour) could use.
The EU isn't the worlds moneybag, other coubtires can provide aid to.
@@ChristiaanHW If it's a channel about Europe, it should also supposedly be a channel for democratic discussions. Although from what I see lately, Europe is all but democratic.
If you split the world in Arab and Christian countries, and who should each side support than you and those like you are part of the problem and the reason our world is in this trouble. Anyway, the USA has been a close ally with most of those Arab countries for their precious oil for decades now. But in that case it's ok huh? :D :D :D So in Ukraine's case Europe is the moneybag, but in other cases where it doesn't suit you. you are exempting yourselves from that equation. Wow.. how democratic and carrying... Amazing.
Good to see our fellow Baltic fellas doing so much. Apparently we in Lithuania even have some catching up to do. 😅 Still, I'm super proud to see Latvia and Estonia leading the pack, although not at all surprised. Let's keep it up! ✊
No, these nubers are absurd and really not accurate.
@@konfunableYou're right these numbers are not accurate. But not absurd. Relative to GDP, countries closer to Russia, who remember Russian occupation before 89', just spend more.
Numbers are not accurate as most countries do not disclose what exactly they gave as military aid. It applies especially to countries that are more afraid of Russians, so Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, probably Romania and Czech Republic.
In contrast, especially in the beginning of the war, western countries were very open about what and when they give.
Current help Germany and France is really decent. But if we look back before war, if Germany had said they would send their tanks to Ukraine, perhaps there would have been no war at all. Germany said the opposite - you can freely attack Ukraine, we won't interrupt.
@@Plajerity Yeah but the actual top contributor to GDP ratio is actually Lithuania. So these numbers are absurd.
@@konfunableYou might be right. Anyway, we're talking about small differences. As I said earlier, full numbers are not disclosed, so we can't really say which country spent the most. The video shows top contributors, and I think it does it right. Standings might be a bit misleading as we all play in the same team
@@konfunable I think You're right, they're innaccurate and absurd and also counter-productive
I'm from Germany and i fckn LOVE Denmark.
They are the best in every aspect. One of the most liberal countries in the EU. Happiest/most chilled people.
Least rate of Putin lovers and conspiracy theorists. Great democrats.
Least rate of Putin lovers in Denmark? 😂😂😂
And one of the biggest anti-vaxxers in the EU. (that's a good thing)
@@EngineMusicProductionsprobably Ukraine😊 but Denmark has just few but noisy Putin lovers. Usually the same people that pushes conspiracy theories and automaticalle try to go against any mainstream opposite the
Not liberal when it comes to very tough immigration/asylum policies.
@@rchatte100 But that is exactly what ensures that there are no major right-wing populist parties in Denmark (such as the AfD in Germany).
Estonia, Denmark and the rest of those who help us don't be razed to the ground, you are magnificent friends!
I am ashamed of Ireland
To be fair Ireland's GDP is highly distorted due to the activities of MNCs; inflated by 15-20% depending on the year. We're also a neutral nation with no real arms industries and so any contributions made are in the form of macro-financial aid and medical supplies. We could definitely do more but it's politically untenable atm; we took in 80,000 Ukrainian refugees during an acute housing crisis and are now having to navigate the right-wing reactionary response.
That is a proof that Ireland is truly an independent country and can do as they like. Moreover, they are not obliged to help anyone, same as no one is helping them in getting Northern Ireland back to The Republic of Ireland.
@@MLV1000 UK needs to grow up and give Northern Ireland back to the Irish. + pay reoperations for decades of occupation.
Why though?
Heard you guys barely have a military
As a Pole i gently suggest that Poland deserves the first place with Estonia. We took milions of Ukrainian refugees into our economic system. We provided them shelter, food and the jobs. Also Poland was the first country that send their planes to the Ukraine. We also donated hundreds of tanks and air defense systems. Baltics states, Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark - we are the real european coallition against russian imperialism
Lol, this isn't a contest dude.
You won't get a medal🏅
To me, a Czech, you are in the first place
Yeah Poland has done a lot
@@FckPooTN "Actually" making it an open contest is beneficial to Ukraine, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what was the reason for these guns to be delivered.
@@FckPooTN Yes, it's a competition - Who gave more? That is why Germany includes in aid to Ukraine even what they declared but never provided. It's about money, as usual. Haven't Western politicians seen what Putin is doing? Didn't they see the crimes in Chechnya, the war in Georgia and the elimination of political opponents in Russia itself? As long as they did business with Putin and received expensive gifts from him, even the gas was very ecological. Unfortunately, thanks to the help of the USA, UK and Poland, Ukraine defended itself and the "pendulum" swung back. I am sure that in the aid and reconstruction of Ukraine, 80% of EU funds will go to German companies. Another good opportunity for Germans to enrich themselves at the expense of the rest of the EU citizens. Example: Poland, despite transferring most of its own ammunition reserves to Ukraine, received 0.4% of the amount that the EU allocated for ammunition production (Germany, of course, received the most).
I'm writing this comment, but I'm sure the censorship will remove it.
France doesn't have any excuses for not sending more.
Not only is it one of the biggest arms exporters in the world, but was also maintaining a military presence in Africa for years, so money clearly wasn't an issue either.
There might be one excuse France has, France have been pushing hard for an EU military, maybe by showing a weak hand on Ukraine whiles at the same time being one of the more hawkish nations in favour of Ukraine, they might be showing other EU members why more pooling of resources at an EU level is needed on defence and forign policy matters.
Also, if Trump were to win the next US elections and support for Ukraine dries up, that will make France look a lot better whiles it could make some of the eastern EU countries look bad that have become too dependent on trusting the US.
The truth is, we Europeans really need to start looking after our own interest, and we can do that far better at an EU level, France is one of the countries that understands that whereas other seem to think the US will save the day or NATO will come to the rescue, that's a high risk game considering how polarised US politics is getting.
@@paul1979uk2000 I agree. Trump could make my country The Netherlands not deliver F16s to Ukraine, because it's still US property even when you paid for it. I rather have Swedish planes instead. We actually make warships with the Swedes(Saab) here. My country does make ASML semiconductor machines that are very valuable to the US, but not every country has that leverage to crush the US tech industry. It's also a nuclear option if all fails. Trump is definitely a unpredictable danger. This last aid for Ukraine bill took 7 months. The last package was 44 billion in February 2023. Lots of links to Russia in the republican party too.
What Poland does is a disgrace for Europe. They've Korean tanks and let American ammo manufacturers into Poland itself. They got everything outside of Europe while receiving the most EU funds.
@Joey-ct8bm I agree it would be better with european arms.
The problem is that our production is too low and poland needs the arms now.
I can't blame poland for grapping all they can from wherever they can, considering their location and history with russia.
If russia was to increase their war to other countries, poland would be right on the border and they would be the country between Europe and Russia.
@@chrislambaa7586 Do they? It's better to give it to Ukraine. Then you can buy European back.
Poland also got American ammo factories, not European ones. No excuses there, have you?
My country also bought F35s, so we do the same too. Luckily we can still shift to European. Production is ramping up on ammo in Europe, but we definitely need more weapons factories for Jets, guns and artillery. Building ships is the only thing that is not a problem in Europe luckily.
The problem is the profits. We need to come up with EU solution here. It can't be that a few countries get the profits and others pay. I don't want a overseeing country with weapons control.
@Joey-ct8bm I agree it would be better to give the weapons they get to Ukraine. I never said it wasn't. I just said I can understand why they would want a lot of weapons and didn't care where they came from.
Poland has already given Ukraine a lot of weapons, and I would be surprised if they wouldn't give ukriane more as they get what they purchased. But we have to remember that most of their purchases have not been delivered yet.
Would it have been better to keep it all in europe and invest in european production, of course.
Poland has an old relationship with the USA, and honestly, I don't see why it's our business what Poland does, and I don't see the USA as an enemy. The factories will still be on european soil.
Really proud of czechia 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿❤️❤️❤️🦅🦅🦅
as an italian... i'm pretty much ashamed 😔
You seem to forget that Denmark is a NEIGHBOR of Russia. The Danish island of Bornholm is close to the imperialist Russian military spearhead of Kaliningrad. Also: Bornholm was bombed to pieces by the Soviet Union during the end of WW2. This tragedy is in the mind of all Danes to this day. That is a very big part of the reason, why Denmark supports Ukraine so much.
There is a similar reason why Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are among the biggest supporters compared to GNP: all 3 states were OCCUPIED for 50 years by the Soviet Union. We know that we are first in line to be the next targets of Russian imperialism just like last time, if Russia now succeeds in its imperialist policy in Ukraine.
As for support for refugees: it is highly dependent on what countries are chosen by the Ukrainians. Thus it is no surprise that Poland, Germany and Czechia rank the highest as they are the closest to Ukraine.
Denmark was occupied by your German Nazis. Ignorant.
helping is not a competition and no one should be shamed for the amount you provided. Countries have internal problems and you cant just throw around money, budgets are a thing
As a German with Polish Parents, all I can say is, Jawoll Kurwa !
But Ukraine needs more!
Jeśli masz Polskich rodziców to jestes Polakiem geniuszu😂A ukraina nie potrzebowałby więcej gdyby nie sprzedawali tego całego wojskowego sprzętu gdzieś za granice…Ja rozumiem ze to jest skorumpowany kraj ale okradają samych siebie i wszystkich sojuszników gdy ich żołnierze giną z braku amunicji.To jest kur… chore🤯
Were you adopted?
@@Bakambol Moi rodzice przeprowadzili się do Niemiec, gdzie się urodziłem - geniuszu🤡
Co za bzdura.
Pomoc, która trafia na Ukrainę, jest udokumentowana lepiej niż harmonogram snu prezydentów USA🤣
@@CDA138ek No, my parents moved to Germany - that's where I was born
@@ErukanuSenpai To ze urodziłeś się w szwablandi nie znaczy ze jestes niemcem ty amebo😂😂
Well done Denmark, Netherlands and Estonia. Great to see these countries care for democracy, also Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Finland and Germany should be proud. Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Hungary is disappointing.
Poland?
If it weren't for the support of Poland and Poles, Ukraine would no longer be on the map and you just forget about us? Hahah that’s good man! We were the first to send weapons while Germany and other countries sent helmets, the first to send tanks and fighters when Germany and other countries didn't even they wanted to talk about it and condemned Poland and the same with humanitarian aid and we cannot ignore the fact that we ordinary Poles took them into our homes and took care of them without expecting anything in return but in the end people like you will forget that we even exist😂👏
If it weren't for the support of Poland and Poles, Ukraine would no longer be on the map and you just forget about us? Hahah good man! We were the first to send weapons while Germany and other countries sent helmets, the first to send tanks and fighters when Germany and other countries didn't even they wanted to talk about it and condemned Poland and the same with humanitarian aid and we cannot ignore the fact that we ordinary Poles took them into our homes and took care of them without expecting anything in return but in the end people like you will forget that we even exist😂👏
@@Bakambol@Bakambol It is not necessary to take it personally that a random comment forgot to mention your country, there are a lot of countries and the amount of Polish support has been portrayed clearly in the video. Also, the Czech Republic was the first country to send tanks to Ukraine, not Poland. Let's just not get too nationalistic.
@@janlansky4672 W Polsce jestesmy patriotami a nie nacjonalistami baranie poza tym pierdol się😆
Respect to Denmark from Poland!
Poland I'd say, followed by Estonia, are the ones who are the the most vociferous and outspoken *political* supporters of Ukraine. Poland is at the forefront when it comes to pulling the EU and the USA by the figurative nose to support Ukraine. They work closely as mediators within the Weimar triangle and use their solid relationship with the USA as leverage. At times Poland even brazenly disregarded Germany's insistence to not send armaments to Ukraine, especially in the beginning of the war. Such as their Mig fighters and later the Leopard tanks, etc.
Another thing you forgot to mention is that Poland is indispensable for logistical support. Virtually all military and humanitarian equipment comes through Poland to Ukraine. The border is extensive and Poland has good transportation infrastructure to enable this traffic load.
Moreover, in terms of number of volunteer forces by country, Poland is at the top (last I checked). I'm not surprised at all since Poles have a long list if unsettled beef with Russians.
Last but not least, Poland is also greatly expanding and modernizing its military at an insane pace, spending more than anyone else in NATO as a percentage of GDP! It will be the most powerful land power in Europe within a few years.
Absolute lie! Poland did not give a lot to Ukraine at all. Most of what they gave, they sold or demanded that Germany would gift them equipment in exchange of what they send to Ukraine. Not to mention despicable border blocking and sabotaging urgent help to the frontlines. Poles showed themselves as selfish opportunists.
100% correct, though as a Brit maybe I shouldn't opine on intra-EU debates. However, that Poland has throughout this conflict been Ukraine's most staunch and among the most effective, as well as one of the geographically closest supporters, is widely known in Britain. As for the nationalities of foreign volunteers fighting in Ukraine, the high number of Poles, who (like the Irish and Australians) have the reputation here of typically being willing to take on anyone, anywhere, any-how and at any time, is unsurprising.
One famous WW2 incident, for eg, involves a Polish destroyer, "ORP Piorun", operating as part of the RN's 4th Destroyer Flotilla during a 1941 night attack on the battleship Bismarck. During which, the 2,400 tonne, 4.7" gunned Piorun directly charged the 50,000 tonne, 15" gunned Bismarck, reportedly signalling throughout the action, "I am a Pole!". One RN Officer whose own ship had also been in the same fight, later remarked laconically "ah well, they'll fight anything, those chaps." 🤣🤣🤣
it used to be like this but now Poland has started blocking the border with Ukraine, pro-russian farmers not letting UA goods to transit into the EU while letting the russian goods freely flow, and the govt is not able to do anything or doesn't care.
@@AlexBosyLet EU creatures like Tusk smarm into office and some problems are inevitable.
@@AlexBosy First ask why this UA "transit" ends in Poland destroying Polish agriculture totally , thanks to the "tricky" and corrupt Ukrainian oligarchs. If it was about real , civilised transit , then there would be no problem at all.
I'm really ashamed how little we in Slovenia give for supporting Ukraine.
As Ukrainian I can only say thank you, Slovenia done a lot and recent contribution with chells proves that they are dear friends.
I'm ashamed we haven't become an Imperium already. A unified European Imperium, promoting Science, Logic and Reasoning to stand firm against the forces of Chaos that are modern day dictatorships around the globe.
Don't be, even if you gave half your GDP, it would not be super significant. This is really about France and Germany waking up.
@@PATISLAV The money/military support is not exactly the point... It's just the reflection of the attitude and that's what worries me much more.
Besides... Such logic just gives France and Germany the same excuse by just saying "this is really about US"... Bad precedence tends to be far more infectious than good one...
@@DerDoMeN Well, true, but my logic is that Europe should be the one to solve european problems. I mean - realistically we need US to focus on the Pacific (mainly Taiwan). And Trump is a real eventuality.
It surprised me that France have not send more military help, since they talk so pro Ukraine. That is disappointing.
They do not have a lot of spare kit to send. Most military aid sent to Ukraine (with some exceptions) is either decommissioned or about to be decommissioned. France have sent a bunch of kit either decommissioned or about to be decommissioned such as the 30-40 AMX10 RCs (IFVs) and 250 VABs (APCs). They also sent 25% of their active stock of Caesar's in 2022. There are also discussions on sending Mirage 2000s which are about to be decommissioned and they are sharing all of their intel with Ukraine. Not too shabby considering.
French man here... Money has always been the big nemesis of my country... We are proud people with big hearts but relatively poor at considering money... Either to spare, invest, consolidate... The debt which France is facing is a serious issue which impedes most wills we can have to help Ukraine in a much more efficient way...
Still we have gears, soldiers and are considering relieving ukrainian troops between Kiev and the bellarusian frontier. That would be a strategic game changer for it would give Ukraine a way to rotate the exhausted soldiers that are still fighting for more than 2 years without reliefs...
France is also providing nuclear deterrent for the rest of the EU, and that also costs a shitload of money to fix up.
That is no excuse
Germany has even less things to spare
But they still senses more
Also a lot of factory new stuff like iris t
NATO is a sham. It is a machine to disguise America’s control over Europe. Thanks to NATO, Europe is placed under the dependence of the United States without appearing to be so. »
- To the Council of Ministers of February 13, 1963
- Charles de Gaulle, (1994),
“What the Anglo-Saxons want is a Europe without shores, a Europe which no longer has the ambition to be itself. Europe without borders. Europe the English way. [...] It is, in reality, the Europe of the Americans. The Europe of multinationals. [...] A Europe where each European country, starting with ours, would lose its soul. »
Charles de Gaulle 1963
Do you know what supranationality means? The domination of the Americans. Supranational Europe is Europe under American command. The Germans, the Italians, the Belgians, the Netherlands are dominated by the Americans. The English too, but in a different way, because they are from the same family. So, it is only France that is not dominated. To dominate it too, we insist on bringing it into a supranational machine under the orders of Washington. »
Charles de Gaulle on May 13, 1964
France doesn't know it, but we are at war with America. Yes, a permanent war, a vital war, an economic war, a war without death apparently.
- French president Mitterand 1988
Yes, this war simply serves the interests of the United States :) to ensure that Europe becomes the battlefield of the superpowers who will kill each other while they quietly watch from afar on the other side of the globe and will finally be in front formerly powerful and destroyed nations, they will no longer have to worry that someone is ahead of them on the podium because everything will be destroyed except them :) that's why they are going to make sure to realise trump who will directly leave NATO and will not protect Europe as he recently announced
Unfortunately here in Italy Russian propaganda has taken hold very strongly.
The far right admires Putin because they see him as the new Duce, the strong man who defends religion and tradition and who fights against modernity; while the far left, orphaned by the fall of the USSR, admires Russia because it is convinced that it is the nation that fights for the south of the planet, for the fight against Western imperialism and that opposes capitalism.
Many famous Italian journalists have also decided to espouse the pro-Russian position.
It is easy to be naive if your country has no common border with Russia. Countries like Poland or Baltic States would like to give you a lesson you need.
You must live in another Italy... Get out of your echo chamber
It is sad to hear, I know that Italian people gone throuth some hard times and I hope you will stay on our side and will get free from propaganda.As outsider Giorgia Meloni seems to be very reasonable PM, so fingers crossed.
Big thanks to all Ukraine supporters!
I'm convinced that French contributions to Ukraine have been comparatively low so as to ensure that France herself can engage Russia independently in Ukraine if necessary. Her nuclear arsenal would prevent all but probing strikes on the French l'hexagone; at worst it could see Russia using tactical nuclear weapons against French soldiers in Ukraine. Macron has been Europe's biggest champion for strategic autonomy and its my impression that he's fed up of asking for it: a European nation decisively resolving a European conflict would make it a de facto reality.
France is right in that sense, it's high time we Europeans in the EU get serious about our own defence and forign policy, especially with everything that's going on with Putin, Ukraine and even the US that's becoming less reliable as a partner, and then there's Trump, we Europeans would have to be reckless to put our faith in the US with how polarised US politics is getting and for EU countries, if we really want to be effective, we really need to pool resources together at an EU level, we can achieve far more than we can at an individual level, in fact, a lot of weaknesses are being shown by countries pulling in all directions, if that isn't an indicator on why more at an EU level needs to be done, then I don't know what is.
Indeed. I’ve agreed with that stance about European military autonomy the last 25 years myself.
Thank you EU made simple. I feel more educated on the Franco-German relationship and the current counterproductive policies in Europe regarding Ukraine.
Czechia also handed over hundred of old vehicles, tanks, guns and other equipment in milions of eur
Thanks to Germany. Czechia can send those without hiccups because they are labeled as “scrap metal” and Germany replaces that with newer equipment. That “scrap metal” is miraculously something that Ukraine can use and definitely needs 😉 This way Czechia can do this without undermining its ability to defend itself. Three way ring-trade. Ringtausch. Scholz pioneered this. Excellent idea 💡
As a German, I definitely understand the criticism of the German government. I would even agree with it. However (and this doesn't quite come across in the video), it has to be said that Scholz has an incredibly difficult job right now. His coalition is in disagreement with each other and the strong opposition is also pushing against his chair all the time. In addition, he wants to promise the industry a great deal of "stability/reliability", which in turn makes him incredibly slow. Getting the Ukrainian refugees into the country with comparatively little headwind was an absolute masterstroke (compared to 2016). Germany gives extremely much (of course compared to its GDP not as much as others but in these incredibly polarizing times, it is much easier to explain to the Estonian people why less money is put into education than to the German people who don't believe that Russia dares to step on German soil) Macron is definitely the better speaker and you can tell that he would like to give much more but with Germany you know at least one thing - when they promise something, they follow through (even if I wish they were much faster).
agree, but sometimes you have to make decisions, because all the time you wait, more the problem is bigger :/
@@Elliasp-xx7mb I agree 100%, that's just the disadvantage of a democracy, especially if you don't have the broad majority behind you. It helps the opposition a lot to slow down and show "look, you don't want to vote for him again, do you?" But that also shows again why it is important for Europe to grow even closer together so that the big tasks are not just left to the countries and so that we can act more quickly. Imagine how differently this war might have gone if all EU countries had pursued a common Ukraine strategy...
Yes I agree too as a German, Scholz arguments sometimes don't make sense. Noch einen schönen Tag. 👍
@@carlosfurukawa6133This war is launched and waged by that Russia. It doesn’t make sense to complain that it doesn’t make sense that countries support beaten country.
Actually for once I am rather impressed by the volume of help from Germany in the end. True, it doesn’t reach the intensity my Czechia or Baltics or Poland are doing, but given the starting position, I’d still not expect this much.
Of course the Taurus and the sad rhetoric from Schulz are signs of residual weakness I was so afraid of in the first place… yet it so much better than what I expected.
I am more disappointed with France. Latest rhetoric is great. … yet the volume of military help (being aware of the France’s military strength)… I am beyond words. 😥
Also Spain and Portugal and Italy.
Those countries together are not small part of Europe. If they upped their game, it would be humongous change for Ukraine.
I am not that informed on support of other countries. But for the Netherlands you ranked us down for taking on too little refugees, but didn't take into account landmass (space) and population witch i think is unfair. It is easier to take on many refugees if you have a large population and landmass as they will take a smaller percentage of the hole. Also under political you did not mention the initiative lead by The Netherlands and Denmark to send F16 fighters.
I think no one is blaming Netherlands for taking too few refugees.
We in Czechia see that distribution as natural trend from Ukrainians themselves… where they believe, where they can best fit (by language etc). As such I wouldn’t expect Netherlands to take similar percentage of refugees as Czechia or Poland … or as UK with it’s international language or as Germany with its familiarity..
We in Czechia did it without complaining, majority absolutely support this!… yet sometimes it’s almost too heavy. Especially as it used by Russian propaganda to disseminate hate towards Ukrainians (in our country and in general as a result) based on either fabricated or overblown stories and high inflation we had last year (one of worst in EU).
Netherlands impressed me with it’s support to Ukraine! It’s great work.
As Ukrainian I just shocked on how much Netherlands is helping, and btw refugees are choosing country we are not being sent, but Netherlands are one of the few who are building whole buildings for our people, it is just shoking.
I am shocked that the Netherlands ranks so low, given that it has supplied so much Dutch military equipment.
1050x Vehicles (jeeps, trucks, VW Amarok and Toyota off-road vehicles).
24x F16 fighter jets
2x naval ships of the Alkmaar class.
Training 35,000 Ukrainian recruits together with the British and Norwegians.
37x Bailey bridges.
6x M3 pontoon systems.
5x Leopard 1 bridge-laying tanks with bridges.
60x T-72 tanks.
207x YPR armored tracked vehicles, Fennek reconnaissance vehicles and Viking tracked vehicles.
100x Leopard 1 tanks together with Denmark and Germany.
14x Leopard 2A4 tanks together with Denmark.
Fire support systems.
8x PzH2000 armored howitzers and 120mm mortars.
Air defense systems.
2x Patriot launchers.
100x Patriot air defense missiles, MR-2 mobile anti-aircraft guns.
20x Bofors 40L70 40mm anti-aircraft guns.
4x VERA-NG systems, including missiles and missile systems for air defense and drone combat, such as the Stinger.
31x (Mobile) field kitchens.
The list is even longer, but in fact almost the entire Dutch military equipment. I understand that many other EU had supplied a lot of equipment, but I thought that the Netherlands supplied quite a lot compared to other EU countries.
Unlike some other countries that put value on old equipment our law writes military hardware off by decreasing it's value at a set number each year. So instead of what it originally cost and claiming you help Ukraine with that amount, our books say we send some stuff that has no value to us. Those shipments doesn't increase our support while they obviously are. But meh if it comes down to it each country does what it wants and can.
Already in the early days of this war videos showed up with Dutch supplied diemaco/colt canada C7s, MAGs, Panzerfausts, sniper rifles etc. I think I even saw some FALs and uzis...
Don't you know that a single German helmet is worth "!" more than your Toyota? /s
Germany is experiencing its biggest economic crisis since reunification. Nevertheless, they are helping Ukraine by far the most. And then there are people who still claim that Germany is not doing enough and blame chancellor Scholz whenever they can. At the same time, they are celebrating Macron because of a speech, while he is hardly providing any help. What.A.Joke. I'm so tired of this lets-blame-Germany-for-everything attitude.
antinuclearism is energy suicide.
Very well said.👍🏻
Germany do not deserve such harsh critics, as Ukrainian I am really shocked of how much Germany is giving, They could build a whole cities for their people, but they choose to save ours. We are gratefull to the grave for that support.
Scholz just keeps makng Putin think he can scare us, and tells him what we won't do. Putin feeds off other people's fear. This undermines Germany's material support.
I know they’re not, but where would you put the UK if they were in the EU?
Probably difficult to rank, since it does not contribute to the "EU as a whole" part.
They are set at 15.66 billion. A little less than twice as much as Denmark and about 2/3 of what Germany has donated.
google "ukrain aid tracker kiel" they are at rank 21 :) 4 poalces behind france
Who is doing the most for Ukraine *relatively to their GDP* - fixed that for you!
especially if u consider that a bunch of military aid that is counted in $ are just old soviet weapon systems. It's kinda stupid to compare this to e.g. refugee aid...
Czech Republic...!
Well of course.. the population and GDP is relevant. Being a big country doesn't mean you are doing more. It's not a competition of who got the most people and money.
@@domerame5913 as with most things tho, the larger the country's size, he harder it's going to be to succeed in the "per capita" or "per GDP" ranking while it's going to be easier to score high in the total amount.
I don't think these d*ck measuring contests have ever been helpful, but I don't fail to notice how after everybody complained about Germany in 2022, many of the same people seem to not be able to praise the country and how far it's come since then.
I'm not German either btw. But I see so much praise for countries like Estonia for whom the Russian threat is an existential question and with less people and GDP than Berlin. Naturally, the Baltics would rank very high in these lists per capita given that even a relatively small donation which can easily be replaced by an order from American or European allies would catapult them way ahead of everyone else.
Meanwhile Germany couldn't even send the same *relative* amount of ammunition if it wanted to cause there's not enough capacity or spare munitions laying around in the western world. And unlike the Baltics, Germany had to undergo a societal shift and change in mindset about geopolitics. Personally, I find it much more impressive that that even happened than seeing a relatively small country being scared of Russia - that just makes sense.
Both metric are important and the title as it is right now is slightly misleading and clickbait.
@@schtreg9140I don't agree with you.
This is a great short video, giving us the baseline of the facts.
Honestly it's annoying to hear when people say we shouldn't compare per capita or GDP.
It's obviously the best way to compare.
To compare with total, then Germany would simply be the biggest in everything. Not explaining what strain it puts in the countries national budget.
I do think Germany is doing good, however it could still do better, but doesn't need to feel ashamed. Except for their slow progress.
You however choose to focus on those that do good and brush it off with them being scared. Of course they are scared, so would you be if you were on the border to russia.
Those baltic states are doing impressive and they don't have a lot to spare.
What you should have focused on instead of the baltics, should have been the countries like Spain, Italy, France and so on. That would have been fair.
And just FYI I'm not German either, I'm Danish.
As a German, I agree that we could have done more, however I want to add something from our perspective, so that our European Comrades may understand it a little better.
From a german perspective, we have been hit very hard when we stopped using cheap russian gas and our gdp wise disproportionally big industrial base is still suffering from it heavily. (Yes, we were overreliant on Russian gas, this is our fault)
I personally like our government, because I think it does a great job despite the crisis, but it lacks a bit in the PR department.
The german government is struggling with it's popularity, it will most likely be replaced next year and therefore has a lot of problems internally.
Our court of constitution has overthrown the budget plans of our government for 2023 and 2024 and deemed them unconstitutional leading to our government having to revoke a lot of costly things to keep Ukraine aid going.
These are just some of the problems we are facing, but of course thats true for every country and even under this circumstances we could and should have done more.
I just wanted to lay down the german perspective here, thanks for reading.
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finally can be proud to be Czech
To určitě...
@@NarodePovstan právě že určitě :)
Im proud that my nation, Czechia, could be helpful to Ukraine. Sláva Ukrajině! It so sad that this broke our politics as some of our populist opposition parties took advantage of it, radicalising the people, getting votes for next elections. (btw W for Estonia and the others of course)
Great thanks from Ukrainian, your are awesome. I miss Prague and svickova so much. Take care and thank you! Героям Слава!
Its still literally Germany though.
"doing most" is not the same as "doing most per capita", though both metrics are important.
Per capita shows a lot more than total.
That's why in almost all cases we use per capita or per GDP to show how much strain it puts on the national budget.
Total just gives you a number without any relations.
then GDP is still ashit measure ....%of state budget would make much mroe sence then...as gdp calcualations vary between countries more than most people suspect@@chrislambaa7586
About France, its important to note that Macron's government has not a majority. The opposition is strongly pro-russian. Unlike in Germany, where CDU-CSU, the Greens and FDP all want stronger support for Ukraine. Against Is mainly Scholz with part of SPD and AfD.
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What an amazing video. You even looked at the support in different areas. The political support segment was spot on. Germany is delivering a lot in absolute terms, but they are always the last ones to approve new stuff. They are only delivering what they are because they were pressured into it. They have as you said delayed critical dicisions multiple times and that has cost a lot of ukrainian lifes. France is the opposite. They donate almost nothing in absolute terms, but they push the consensus forward, in a good direction. Be it with long range misiles, troops or something third. This shows just how important political support is. I would consider France a better ally of Ukraine than Germany because of Olaf Scholz. France also has to do better tho. 0.7% of GDP is shamefull.
Lol what a joke. So France is the better ally, because they talk more (and do less). Wanna see the Ukraine today, if Germany would only spend as much as France does. Probably they would have already surrendered.
This just isn’t true. Scholz invented the ‘Ringtausch’. This flies completely under the radar. Idea is so good that even Biden copied it 🎉
(In English three way ring-trade.)
Better term is actually pioneered. 🤔 Scholz is creative and thinking out of the box.
Most of Nato equipment is delivered towards Ukraine via Romania and Poland. When war begun, thousands of Ukrainians fled to friendly direct neighbours like Poland, Romania and Slovakia, before leaving (a lot of them) to W. Europe. Yet Romania is not even included here. War is about euros/dollars, true, but logistics as well. Without Romania I can't imagine Ukraine resisting the way it did. This is a country 100% crucial in this effort.
Thank you Romania!
Norway (not apart of EU) has given 2.63 billion euro in total of 2022 and 2023. Norway has also signed 6 billion euro 5 year aid plan.
This is according to my own research, so it’s not a copy paste thing. If any norwegian can confirme this is right or wrong, please tell me
Yeah, considering the US numbers were shown, it would have been nice to see what some none EU countries were doing in Europe and around the world.
Maybe a follow up video on this they should look into.
It did show the total none EU countries. UK, Canada, Norway and so on.
The channel is called "EU made simple", not europe made simple.
If Norway ever decides to be in EU you will be included in the video. Till then my brothers in North will have to accept being excluded.
Cheers from Denmark
P.s. I know you are given about the same as Denmark and proud that we also have that in common.
We Norwegian should be happy we aren’t apart of EU.
@@Repz98 not sure it's something to be proud of, but its fair if you don't want to.
Honestly though, you are already halfway in 😅
You have adopted many european laws and is open to the shengen area and so on.
Don't forget the Billions Germany lost by sacrificing its industry
In which the had put themself in, and by an Old corrupt primeminister who, I believe, still Living in Russia ad Putins best friend.
I'm Australian. I want to thank all Europeans who support Ukraine. I would like my country to do more to help.
So does Part3 or treaty reform come this march?
Because I didn't really hear anything that they talked about it!
Do you know anything about when the meeting for that is gonna take place?
It will come. But there just isn't enough information. The council is being very secretive .. I will ask my contact in the parliament again. But as soon as I know you will know :)
@@EUMadeSimple thx for the fast answer. Good luck with that.
As a ukrainian citizen, thanks everyone for your support. We just wanna live our lives as peaceful as we can. Unfortunately, those bloodthirsty russian elites, headed by Putin, just want to see our nation exterminated. I sincerely hope God forgives us of our crimes (committed in the past lives), and lets us live in prosperity, freedom and justice. Peace be onto everyone who reads this comment. Please, don't forget to thank the Almighty God for not having any of the hardships we endure at the moment, and any others as well, in your current lives, thank you
I am ashamed that my country Romania is not doing more for helping our neighbor. We must remember that Ukraine is fighting for the security of entire Europe.
You don`t need to be that. We are his neigbours, so we are doing a lot. You need to read more informations about that.
What a stupid comment. Romania is doing a lot. What planet do you live on, delete this stupid comment and educate yourself. Romania is not bragging in the news about what it's doing.
I agree with you. The big countries need to do more. And I do hope that Macron's recent stance will be followed by more concrete action as well. He is right: We must do everything so that Russia does not win.
But are *you* doing everything, Mister President? It's not too late.
Thanks to all, who support and give crazy billions of aid to us. YOU ALL heroes which help to us - ukrainians. Lets stop russian imperialism together - all of free Europe, from Lisboa to Luhansk and from Athens to Honningsvåg!
We can't let you fall. We must all write to our representatives and be sure to vote for pro-freedom candidates. God bless.
Amazingly enlightening video. Thank you for bringing this topic to us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Germany is showing poor leadership when it comes to Ukraine, and it's a shame really because them being the biggest economy in the EU could have the biggest impact.
France is becoming more hawkish in favour of support for Ukraine, which is welcomed, but more needs to be done.
Many of the eastern EU countries are doing fairly well, but I do feel more common ground support at an EU level needs to be done as it would be a lot more effective.
Speaking of the EU, they've surprised me in the amount of support they've given Ukraine, considering the limited powers it has in military and aid support areas, as that normally falls on the members of the EU not the EU.
With all this said, I do think more needs to be done, the EU countries need to start a rearmament program and that would be better done at an EU level to coordinate it better, whiles reducing waste and duplication.
As for the US, it's showing poor leadership on Ukraine, it started out well but with all the gridlock that's going on with the Democrats and Republicans, it's a big indicator that we Europeans need to look after our own security, and we can do that far better at an EU level by pooling resources together, and then we have to remember that there is a risk of Trump winning the next US elections, which if he does, support for Ukraine could dry up quickly after that, so we Europeans in the EU need to act and act fast in giving Ukraine the means to end the war sooner rather than later, because dragging the war out is costly for Ukraine and it's more costly for the countries supporting Ukraine.
Germany needs to be careful about it's policies, because the balance of power in the EU could shift away from Germany if it doesn't show good leadership at a time when it's needed, and we should remember that Germany have been making countless mistakes when it comes to Putin over the last decade, it's not a good look for the country and with everything that's going on, it wouldn't surprise me if the balance of power in the EU shifts away from Germany towards countries that are more hawkish of Ukraine and building a stronger military force in the EU.
France is also right that nothing should be ruled out, Germany did a major mistake by trying to debunk that, and not just Germany but some other countries as well, because it shows weakness and limits of what these countries are willing to do on Ukraine, the likes of Russia and China are looking for these weaknesses to see how far they can push the west, Germany and others by debunking what France said shows division and weakness and it's a shame because I've had high respect for Germany, but these constant mistakes over the last decades are not doing the country any favours, and we would think the wake-up call would happen after Putin invaded Ukraine, yet Germany is still hesitant and making excuses at a time we can't afford that, which ever way we look at it, that's poor leadership and that could have a cost against Germany in the balance of power in the EU if Germany isn't careful.
Well, what Macron said this time was good, but earlier he perhaps went a bit far with useless diplomacy. I also remember him selling out Ukraine perhaps a year ago with mentioning negotiations and that Ukraine had to give up land, or perhaps I remember wrong.
Funny how people always say Germany vs. France, while it's actually NATO vs. Macron (even the french themselves criticized him for that). Estonia has been the only nation which agreed with Macron. Everybody else (EU, US, UK) were against it, too. Still it's always Germany, Germany, Germany. And just a little tip: If Macrons speech was only strategic, he might want to tell his partners first.
Macron is talking too much and is doing too little.
@@KupoxChan Rather many commentators seem to agree that it is smart to not rule out anything openly, in order to make the opponent more uncertain. They also seem to think signaling hesitance and what not to do, like Scholz, is helping Kremlin.
So in short, this is not only Estonia. That noone plans to send any front line soldiers, or any open soldiers of any kind, is another thing. Actually, of the little I have heard of what Macron says, he seems to clearly state that there at the moment are no such plans in Nato or France.
@@finnelkjaer7461 States other than Germany have also publicly contradicted him. So I don't understand why everything is focussing on Scholz. And as I said, if Macron's speech was only strategic, he should have briefed his partners beforehand. From what I know, he surprised everybody with his speech.
@@KupoxChan Perhaps he baffled some partners, but those I have heard are not as keen as Schultz to show hesitance (and worse) to any militarily effective aid to Ukraine. Then of course, not only Schultz should be blamed, since he is not the only person who has formed German policies in this area and related area. Regarding the pipelines to Russia, any critizism was also met with this project only being a commercial project.
I also remember the Swedish and Danish opposition to the pipeline projects not really being mentioned by the German media I looked in, rather they gave a picture that these countries were OK with the pipelines, when they in fact under heavy protest were rolled over by Germany. A Germany, and probably also Germans, showing the arrogance America and many Americans so often have shown. Perhaps also attitudes to be expected now and then from especially officials and parts of the populations of larger more influential countries.
Alright but these official data and numbers. If u take a look at other data floating around the situation is different.
Romania comes up as one of their biggest contributors, but ''below the counter'' or in typical Romanian fashion some would say 🤭 It might sound off but the more you search on this topic the more it becomes apparent that, the Romanian Government has been ''hush-hush'' about allot of things regarding aid to Ukraine.
And what are your sources? Let me guess, romanian ones?
Estonian here, I'm all for supporting Ukraine but seeing how big of a % we give of our small economy has it's costs, after election a year ago like 5 new taxes have been made or current ones raised, meanwhile we have the highest inflation in the eurozone. Add military buildup, high interest rates, covid few years ago etc, our economy is struggling to keep up, we are in a recession and everyday people are struggling, meanwhile Swedish banks are earning record profits.
My point is all this aid has it's cost and unless your country borders Russia you are not in an existential danger, and prioritizing your own country is understandable. We Estonians are not complaining though, no one is protesting to stop aid to Ukraine, many people / companies / organisations send aid out of their own pocket, I don't think that shows in statistics.
Bulgarian here - good video, 10:25 - you put the Hungarian flag instead of the Bulgarian one though
You don't buy Tanks and Artillery by percentage of GDP but from cash.
Despite being in a deep recession Germany supports Ukraine at its best and has no reason to be criticised.
As Ukrainian I agree, Germany is to be praised and adored, not bashed. They can give 0 and it will be their right, but they are helping like hell. BIG thanks!
I could give Czech republic into first place. I am czech and our premier supports UK a lot and he sometimes forget to care his country, so we started call him "the first vicepremier of Ukraine". an
Simple curiosity from my part : While I do agree, shouldn't contributions include security operations operated by western Europeans countries in the Eastern countries ? I'm probably guessing that it eases the burden on the aforementioned countries, giving them more margin to spend in the categories mentioned in your video ?
(The biggest example would be the US operating in Germany, even if the US are not included in your rankings)
Overal an interesting way of looking to it. But though taking gdp rightfully into account in your other videos and subjects, it s not a correct way of looking at it in this case.
As you certainly know the EU budget comes from the different states whereeas some states are contributors and others beneficaries, particularly those with low gdp. What would be worth to bring in as a calculus though is the money that those beneficaries loose because of the european war budget cutting into their european budget on the receiving side since a euro from it can only be spend once. Looking forward to that calculus.
Yup our chancellor sucks. Nothing more to say.
Germany perhaps has a tendency to do as other larger countries. The UK had its continuous whining with Brexit as a final, the US had its own race and then the headless ones taking over the Republicans, and France a long time ago had the sinking of a Greenpeace ship, killing one crewmember, in New Zealand, followed by French punishment of New Zealand. By 'recently' taking stupid, contraproductive, and self focused actions, Germany just proves that it belongs among the great ones, together with the US and the UK. I would, however, prefer Germany to be great for everyone, incuding themselves, instead of to some degree follow the stupid gang that think the way to success is national isolation.
As Ukrainian I can only thank you, because even thou you have your views, without German support we could lose counless lives. Nobody is perfect but the fact is Germany is giving a lot. and nothing but gratitude from me.
Give him his self-chosen title " Der Friedenskanzler"😊
I'd say Denmark at 2nd or 1st for going first on jets and leopards, and literary sending everything we have that will fit in a 155 artillery gun. + Being one of the primary countries for training pilots for F16.
It definitely is Germany yes. In total numbers but also percentages when you consider indirect support/aid through third countries like for example Estonia with EU Programmes/aid.
impressive work.
Don't you know that it's 200 mill people living in Europe outside EU., you have big supporters like Great Britain and Norway
UK + Norway = 60 million.
I don't think Sunak's doing much. More interested in tax cuts to save his arse.
yeah i know. 144 Million of this 200 are Russians
Very good overview!
Congratulations for the interesting presentation. 👍
For me personally, bottom of the list is equally interesting. 🧐
All the best from Bucharest! 🇷🇴
“With great power comes great responsibility” - oh yes, nuclear power, nuclear weapons. France has its own. That is the difference. This is not about a trade war but a real war. If Germany had its own nuclear weapons, Scholz would act more courageously. But who in Europe would want Germany to have its own nuclear weapons? In the event of war, Germany is the No. 1 target on the continent due to its industry and geographical location for logistics. Anyone who does not want to see Germany as a nuclear power should not demand that it act as boldly as one. That would be presumptuous and stupid. Not even the warmongerers from the british islands can keep up with Germany here. And who was it who was most hostile to German reunification? France. Germany will not play cannon fodder for NATO. You don't go to war with armor that has a hole where your heart is. You either don't do it or repair the armor. The numbers also show, that Ukraine is f+cked without German help.
As a Dane I'm happy that Germany helps.
I think you misunderstood the video if you think it was to put Germany down.
On the contrary it was using Germany to show how little many of the others have been aiding.
Germany could have done better, so could we all, but some is seriously lagging behind.
@@chrislambaa7586 👍👍 You Danes are the greatest people in the world. Unfortunately, you have so few neighboring countries that can count themselves lucky being your neighbors.
well, if the US votes in Trump as the next pres, NATO as we know it, will be dead. this will ignite discussions about what to do and how to make sure autocrats all over the world don't become any bolder. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia etc will all contemplate a world without the US being a staunch ally they can count on and Europe will have to do the same. being the biggest European country would mean Germany would need to do some soul searching if Trump returns to office. this will include the question whether or not it might be necessary to acquire nuclear weapons or some other arrangement which makes sure Germany is covered by a nuclear umbrella - the French offered to cover Germany with their _force de frappe_ more than 20yrs ago already but were refused. maybe some rethinking is required.
Why wouldn't we want Germany to have nuclear weapons? What worries me is that Scholz doesn't send Putin the right signals. Putin just thinks Germany is weak and easily frightened. That is very bad for Ukraine.
Anyone who has personal historical experience with Russia provides the greatest support. And then we have the "West" which supports, but at the same time almost says, "it's not our problem". 1939 repeats itself, history repeats itself.
France and Germany are far from Russia, so they feel that it does not concern them. They don't know what the Russians are like, but we have experienced them here. They occupied us for over 40 years! They destroyed industry, stole resources, destroyed national identity. Where was the mighty west? Where is the mighty west now? Maybe lost in talking about nothing.
Oh please your nothing more than a bunch of us bitches
what all the top politicians need to re-iterate to their voters every day is: if Ukraine loses this war, then a deluge of many millions of new refugees will flood into Europe. and it will get much worse from then on.
True. Churchill and Patton wanted to take out Stalin, but the American goernment refused. It was a big mistake.
Generally interesting analysis! The only note is, It seems that the flag of Bulgaria in video is wrong 10:26 it looks to me it is mistaken with Hungarian flag
Thank you for your objective analysis
4:33 So technically Hungary gives more aid per GDP than Romania? This seems odd considering Romania has a front row seat to the war.
I'm Romanian and I have some good reasons for that, both from the perspective of the common people and from that of the government (as if these weren't supposed to be one and the same).
People are split between aiding Ukraine or not, but tend to incline more towards not doing so (I'm part of this category so I may have quite the perspective to answer your question):
1) On one hand Ukraine hasn't really been nice to their Romanian minorities and they were the some of the first to be picked from their homes and sent to fight. No Russian propaganda involved! Literally some of our own Romanian news channels which, thankfully, aren't as biased towards progresism.
2) Even then there are still Romanians who want to aid Ukraine, but they know that we are in a bad financial situation with our corrupt government steadily increasing its own pensions. We have a stupid thing called special pensions which should to only be a thing for the military. So far all the most popular parties who had the chance to govern are this corrupt.
3) We're in NATO and we know that Russia would be stupid to attack even the weakest NATO member which I don't doubt it could be us. I mean, that's the whole reason for why we're in NATO. Call it selfishness, but NATO is still a *defensive* military block and if it weren't for protection then we'd most likely not meet the spendings of 2% from our GDP for our military.
Now the government:
1) All the parties from the coalition want to keep as much from the vote of the people so, in extention to points (2) and (3) from the people's reasons, those become PSD's and PNL's reasons as well since they are already free falling because of their corruption and it is easy to not do something.
2) There is also UDMR in the coalition and it has the least peoportion in the parliment out of the coalition and they represent the minorities from Romania, mostly Hungarians. UDMR seems to actively keep in touch with the nationalist leaders from Hungary, leaders like Orban. You can guess why UDMR would rather just remain silent about Ukraine. They even have the least percentage so it's easier to let the other two take the blame.
@Hardcore_Remixer gave you an answer based on ... "his beliefs"... First of all the data shown on this video (at least regarding Romania) are unverified and wrong. Primo: the number of UKR refugees hosted by Romania at this moment is over 135000 people (mostly women and children) not 78.745 as shown by EU Made Simple (source: The UN Refugee Agency -UNHCR). Secondo: Romanian Government support to Ukraine, Jan. 24, 2022 to Jan. 15, 2024, (by donor GDP, incl. refugee costs) is 0.9% of ROU GDP (2.33 billion EUR - just humanitarian aid) source (Kiel Institute for The World Economy - Ukraine support tracker). Terzo: Romanian Government has refused to made public its military aid to Ukraine through bilateral agreement and also Ukraine (probably this is the agreement between them) does it too. On 13th of February this year, the UKR Gvt through Stratcom Center posted on X platform that Romania provided 15 military aid packages to UKR. Neither ROU nor UKR says what kind of military aid or its total value. Finale: On Data Transparency index (by donor transparency level) Romania has the lowest score 1.7 possible after Greece... which probably explains somehow why no one knows what kind of military aid Romania provided (apart training the UKR F15 pilots and UKR fluvial navy).
Later edit: it seems that @Hardcore_Remixer's answer was deleted by him??
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I am Ukrainian and we are very grateful to every country supporting us in this bloody war. Thanks for our saved lives.
Percentages don't win wars, flat numbers do. I don't doubt the commitment of Estonia and such, but the final ranking just does not make sense. I'd also like to include the topic of surplus stock. Some countries like USA and poland got a lot of stock, while for example germany sold it off. Bad decision in hindsight but can't change that once it happened. This would also make the US a worse contributor, since they have plenty of old stuff just laying around... still, the US contributions are worth the most for ukraine. This also hints at the "helmets and vests" situation. While it was underwhelming, germany just didn't and still does not have the numbers when it comes to surplus equipment. Yes its still kinda silly, but in the end it was just what was instantly available at the time (which is why most of whats sent by germany is refurbished over multiple months or newly produced and state of the art). So back to the point: (Respectfully,) your list is bullshit.
Respectfully, flat numbers would be high enough to save Ukraine if big countries increased their percentages to carry the same load that Estonia does. Every Estonian contributes several times the amount of the average French. The list is justified. I say that as a citizen of a country not doing our part.
@@HoskTheCubTechnically yes, an Estonian contributes more. I also agree with you that the big economies in EU should do more . However, all the top placed (denmark excluded) are "surplus champions", which were planning to modernize anyways so there is not that big a dent in defence planning etc. I disagree most with the placement of czechia, which is just recency bias. The shells are indeed greatly needed but those are neither paid in full by czechia, nor are their previous efforts noteworthy in any way.
Edit: I am not bashing czechia here, however a lot of equipment sent by them were facilitated and paid by germany. Every country can only send whats within their means after all. I am however bashing Macron, whos been barking the loudest (since PIS is gone) and biting the least (when it comes to sending actual equipment).
the numbers for the US are highly misleading. the US hardly gives any money to Ukraine. they donate old weapons and ammunition, mostly made in the 1980s and 1990s, their 'best before' date almost reached. the US spends most of that money on their domestic arms industry and the new stuff gets to US forces. Germany's money is being spent very different.
Yes germany sold their old stuff off, or often donated it. Plot twist - to Poland among others.
Why did you make the map at 4:38 so misleading?!!!😠
What's misleading about it?
Romania is green but the number is lower then ital which is orange
@@hofimastah Forget about Italy. It's lower than Hungary's too and Bulgaria's is even bigger than both 😂
I very much like your comprehensive presentation.
Gives a lot to think on.
As a polish citizen i just wanted to point few things i have noticed during that time, that i think deserve honorable mentions.
1-prompt, timely help
First days of war were crucial for building up morale, stabilizing the front, forming up resistance and securing institutions of Ukrainian government against the charge.
I think it was "day five" after full scale Russian attack when we saw throughout the internet photos of polish military transports and vehicles filled with antitank launchers, assault rifles, ammunition and equipment.
Closely followed by columns of polish post soviet era tanks, BMPs and artillery, and MIG-29 airplanes.
And if i may be just a bit acrimonious, polish gov was sending tanks before Germans were able to provide those memic 5000 helms.
So there Germany, shame! ;)
2-diplomatic support
For around month before, and few months following Russian full-scale attack, every single day both polish pm Morawiecki and president Duda had were flying over entire Europe.
I was shocked to see this level of work and commitment by politicians, but they literally had delegations every single day, for months.
Not to mention that Morawiecki along with Czech and Slovenian PMs made the first visit to Kiev on 15 March, 2022,
which paved the way for other important delegations of UK prime minister mr Jonson, and president Biden.
So yes, this was quite important at the time.
It was also during this fist foreign delegation to Kiev that lider of Law&Justice party mr Kaczyński made an offer of forming military coalition that was to send troops to help mitigate humanitarian crisis at the time and for protection of humanitarian corridors.
And the war might have gone veeery different, if president Zelensky would have agreed for it at the time.
-NATO soldiers would have bring anti missile systems, that could have shielded entire west part of Ukraine against missile strikes,
-There would have been much better control over donated equipment,
-Ukraine would probably avoid at least some of their citizens migrating, and this huge drop of over -35% GDP.
And we for sure wouldn't be debating now, "would it be safe to send any troops to Ukraine?"
It was great opportunity, missed, and this might have actually changed the outcome of this war.
3-lastly but probably the most important, NATO trainings
Starting between 2016 and 2018, many different NATO countries (especially USA, UK, Canada, Denmark, Poland) started mass training programs for UA army, created number training camps and intelligence facilities throughout Ukraine
so ... a lot of preparation and contribution was done long before Russia attack.
It is because of that time, that Ukrainians wisely used, they were able to withstand Russian attack,
and hopefully they will be able to protect their motherland.
Thought it deserved justice, to put it here.
Have to say, as i wasn`t ever interested in politics much, though i was really proud for how our governament behaved during this crysis.
Especailly, considering our complicated history with Ukraine, and a lot of (un)burried skeletons.
I wouldnt change a single thing they did at the time.
Everything was perfect.
@@4bs0rb3nt9You actually mentioned factor I myself wanted to pinpoint. The first one - the speed
It was absolutely crucial!!!
Although from position of Czechia.
We were actually incredibly swift and fast in providing military help as well. Within a month over hundred Czech tanks were already deployed in Ukraine (not on the way… deployed)
Tanks and artillery were on the trains I think already during second week.
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Btw
to the point of Moraviecki being first with other two other PMs in Kyiv ☺️, that is something I am actually always proud of… the other two were Slovenian PM and Czech PM Petr Fiala (not Lithuanian one, it was Czech … although that Slovenian participation is kind of curious… they weren’t that hot after that)
And point 2)
At that time Czechs held the position of EU presidency and absolutely everything in our power within the scope of presidency (which means organizing meetings of EU heads) was refocused on supporting Ukraine
We really are almost like brothers with Poland in our position to Ukrainian… all the more I am disappointed in Slovaks (not to mention Orban’s sheep)
@@petrskupa6292you are actually right. Sorry for that :)
i wasn't aiming to underestimate Czech contribution, but somehow i remembered Lithuania also being there at the beginning.
If i remember correctly Czechs were actually first in delivering heavy equipment, and Slovaks with their MIG-29 aircraft.
This was huge, because every time someone broke another taboo, it opened the door for others.
And yes, a lot has changed since than. New governments on Slovakia and in Poland.
It is actually quite touchy subject here in Poland, as many blame Zelensky administration for escalating "grain conflict" right before polish election, which was huge disappointment and hurt mutual relations. 9 months latter crisis with grain and mass protests are still ongoing.
Cant blame Orban for wanting to play neutral, as he was completely dependent or Russian gas and oil at the time, but yes i know what you mean.
Bit sad it wasnt enough. Things dont look so optimistic anymore.
Thank you for an extremely thought provoking post EU made simple $bs0rb By the length of you comment and the erudition shown and detail revealed, it is obvious that you are not only a true Scholar of the situation at hand , but also a truly proud Pole, and so you should be . I was born during WW2 and remember after the War the members of my family who fought in it discussing the Polish fighter pilots that took part in the Battle Of Britain and their indomitable and absolutely balls to the wall attitude. Once again you and your Countrymen proved clarity of insight and a true fighting spirit . If half of the EU had reacted the same as yourselves and a couple of other countries this War would be over. putin would have learned how to fly out of a tenth story window, his prisons would still be full. and thousands upon thousands of your Ukranian Brothers in Arms , true Warriors , would still be this side of Valhalla walking the fields and country lanes of their beloved Ukraine. SLAVA UKRAINI HEROYAM SLAVA and SLAVA POLSKI
As a Dane I agree with your points.
He did try and change the rankings and adding Denmark and chezh to rank 2 and 3, do to other factors.
Although Poland should probably have been at first with Estonia.
excellent analysis.
I appreciate your conclusion even tho my country Sweden isn't prominent.
As a side note this is a great school example how statistics can be utilised and presented with good intentions but the opposite is sadly more common by politicians especially.
USA step up your game
Macron says the right things but his numbers unfortunately really make it hard to take him seriously. At least it looks a little bit better with the EU contributions factored in but some higher contributions outside of EU funding would greatly bolster his position imo.
Macron is in crocodile mode concerning Ukraine : big mouth, little arms ^^ (And I'm french and voted for him)
@@youloulou6591Given the bite force of a crocodile that picture doesnt look as condescending as it might sound in french maybe.
they have enough nukes to overkill the planet :D so the biteforce is there :D but in a landbattle the stubby legs are a realy good desciptor :P@@yves2932
Some of the equipment is old, from surplus stock. I have heard that the US has offset it with the acquisition of new equipment. Simply take the price of the new equipment and put this price on the US Donation calculation.
Well, that depends. If you hand over stuff from active troops, it has to be replaced. The cost to make that happen is the price for the new-built stuff. If you hand over stuff that was decomissioned and maybe even earmarked for costly recycling, thats another story.
Very good and important info, thank you very much
In my opinion, as a german, the criticism towards the german government is totally understandable. I would like to add though, that I think you didn‘t criticise France on the scale that you did Germany. I think that, while we can and should do more, the french government, that is paying a much smaller percentage of gdp than Germany, shouldn‘t be criticising the lacking support by Germany, as this is hypocritical. So in conclusion it would be best if Macron and Scholz would settle their difference and unite the continent on this issue, which is something that both don‘t do in the moment and isn‘t helped by criticising the coutry which spends more as a percentage of gdp.
Absolutely! Though unjustified Francophilia is one of this channel's defining characteristics.
I think Germany doesn't deserve criticism at all, As Ukrainian I compare not to GDP or something, I compare to 0 and I can say boy Germany did their impact. I am very gratefull and I do also hope that France also can fix their issues and start working toward EU safety. Cheers
@@slowbunny France and Germany will both no doubt be preoccupied with the EU's safety, but as a Brit, I'm totally indifferent to whether the loathsome EU central organisation survives or not. Something that is and should be TOTALLY distinct from the military defence and security of Europe, including of France and Germany as individual allied NATO partners along with my own nation, The UK.
As, in short, it's the whole Western alliance, including ALL European NATO member countries whether or not they're also EU members, PLUS our North American allies, the USA and Canada, and THE WHOLE ALLIANCE acting together, exclusively through the NATO organisational and command structures, on which our collective security depends and no EU attempt to replicate and supplant NATO's vital European Pillar should be tolerated by ANY NATO ally.
Dont forget Spain Italy
but you cant trust NATO if Trumps wins he made that clear so Europe better plan a defense together also on the side of NATO ,just in case better be prepaired for the worst