Alternative title: How Russia provides oil & gas resources for European allies fueling Ukraine’s defense.
Given that Europe has practically no industry left to speak of, there’s not much risk of that happening.
Of what happening? Of Russia providing oil & gas deliveries to its European customers? Or of those European countries supporting Ukraine defense?
There’s no chance of Europe providing any meaningful material aid to Ukraine going forward. Hence why Europe is now in a panic over the US starting to distance themselves from the proxy war.
Even if that were true (which could, but we’ll see, those are just speculations), that’s not really related to what I said.
My point is that arguing that commercial exchanges are a form of support in the war goes both ways. The difference with the support from Europe to Ukraine vs Russia is that one is essentially a donation of military resources (which so far has been higher in value than what the US provided), and the other is a commercial relationship that benefits Europe just as much.
It’s not just speculation. We have three years of evidence for the fact that Europe can’t even produce basic things like artillery shells at this point in any meaningful volumes.
Your point doesn’t go both ways because Russia is clearly benefiting from the exchange than Europe is. Russia sells oil to India and other countries, which creates strong economic and political ties with them. Then these countries turn around and resell Russian energy to Europeans at a markup. The end result is that Russia and their allies are making good profits, while European energy prices are going through the roof making them uncompetitive with other markets, namely China. Hence why we see German industry contracting each and every quarter at an ever accelerating rate. If Europe was actually benefiting from any of this then there wouldn’t be economic crises in every major European country right now.
Also, not sure where you got the notion that military resources coming from Europe have been higher than from the US given that the US accounts for over 70% of military assets in NATO.
That’s US propaganda. Europe is providing just as much artillery as the US has, and it has plans to ramp up.
Under Biden, the United States donated more than 3 million 155-millimeter shells
Germany has shipped nearly half a million 155-millimeter shells to Ukraine—and is expanding domestic shell production in order to sustain supplies through 2025.
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The Czech initiative delivered 1.5 million shells last year and will continue unless and until the current government loses reelection to pro-Russian parties later this year. The Estonian initiative is just spooling up—and aims to ship 1 million shells in 12 months.
It’s all a logistical mess, but the bottom line is that Ukraine and its allies have established redundant supply lines for critical artillery and associated ammunition.
The Americans may quit the war. But that won’t prevent Ukraine’s biggest guns from firing away for the foreseeable future.
0.5 + 1.5 + 1 = 3 same as the US did during Biden.
About the oil: yes, Russia sells deeply discounted oil to India just for them to resell it at a markup, and this benefits India… but this arrangement is still interesting for Russia and Europe, since Russia needs to sell, even at a discount, and Europe needs to buy, even at a markup… if selling/buying the oil wasn’t beneficial they would not be selling/buying it.
But I think the article is talking about direct sales, since Europe still buys directly from Russia (and Russia still sells to Europe), which I think is what the article seems to be criticizing.
No, that’s not US propaganda. Vast majority of the material aid that Europe provided was made in the US. The stocks NATO have been using to feed their proxy war have now run down, and that’s why production capacity matters. Meanwhile, the wikipedia link is just literally some bozo making claims.
No, Russia does not sell deeply discounted oil to India. They sell very slightly discounted oil that’s priced effectively at market rates. Go look it up if you don’t believe me. Buying Russian oil through India at a markup in no way benefits Europe. This is indisputable given what we see happening in the main industrial power in Europe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-25/germany-s-industry-crisis-deepens-as-bosch-cuts-13-000-workers
