From Sky News:
"Ukraine has become Europe's war - so why doesn't it act like it?
...Britain, France, Ireland, Germany and others have been issuing lofty declarations of the "we'll support Ukraine as long as it takes," variety.
But this time it is different. European leaders are going to have to treat Ukraine like the emergency it is - or face the consequences.
Presently, they occupy a position that many see as absurd.
Europe, including Britain, bankroll the Ukrainian government. Funding which was split down the middle with the Biden administration has been assumed by Europe in full. Furthermore, the Europeans pay for all American weaponry through a NATO facility called PURL.
Thus, Europe has got skin in the game - they are paying the bills. But where are they sitting at the negotiation table?
They are not there at all. The Russians do not want them, and the US does not seem particularly keen. When US secretary of state Marco Rubio met a Ukrainian delegation to discuss the peace plan in Geneva, he said he did not know anything about European counter-proposals
"It's extraordinary that Europe is picking up the bill but struggles to make itself heard," says Marc De Vore, of St Andrews University. "It shows the lack of vision, coordination and leadership across the continent."
The former foreign minister of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis, is utterly exasperated by Europe's ineffectiveness.
"If you are a European leader asking your team to book you on the next flight to Washington to go talk to daddy, please don't. Not without a plan, not cap in hand, not humiliating us all in front of the cameras at the Oval Office.
"Europe is our continent, our future is decided here, not there. We aren't poor, we have options, we can finally decide to assist Ukraine to the full extent…"
This frustration is shared by the Ukrainians, who have begun to use a different word to describe this relationship - betrayal.
Inna Sovsun is an MP in the Ukrainian parliament. Her husband, a combat medic, is serving at the front.
"People on the frontline feel really disappointed with the whole situation, and it does feel like betrayal.
"The challenge is much bigger than which village will be controlled by whom in Donbas. It is about, what does the future of civilisation look like? Does Russia's barbaric version win? If you are not willing to fight for that, those values aren't worth much, are they?""
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