Former US President Donald Trump. File photoWASHINGTON, May 13. Former U.S. President Donald Trump said Europe is paying too little compared to the multibillion-dollar U.S. aid to Ukraine and urged it to make a «fair contribution».
"Why are we allocating more than $40 billion to Ukraine, while Europe … gives very little, and they are much more affected by the Russian invasion, obviously than the US",» he said in a statement.
A new package of military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is pending approval in Congress, in an amount that lawmakers proactively increased to $40 billion from $33 billion requested by US President Joe Biden. «Make Europe and others finally pay their fair share. China and others are smiling all over way to the bank! Trump added. He recalled that at one time he «enriched» NATO by forcing European allies to increase allocations for collective defense. leaders for their attitude to the situation around UkraineRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.