Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Is the West getting tired of Ukraine? (no, not really)" video.
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I think support from both the EU and US will be there for quite some time and things could get better as the economic situation gets better in the EU and US, as well as inflation and energy cost comes down.
But I do also think the EU and US needs to do more to help Ukraine, especially as the weather starts to warm up, as I suspect many in both the EU and US expect Ukraine to make some major gains against Russia this year, if not even taking back all of Ukraine with the winter being a moment of pause for both sides.
Anyway, I don't think support will drop much if at all from both the EU or US, a lot of the hard work has already been done from them both and the situation is likely going to improve for them both overtime, in other words, the impact of what Russia is doing will have less of an impact on both the EU and US, that's good news for keeping support high and it could also means both the EU and US could be willing to support Ukraine with more military equipment and aid money, especially on the EU side because they've had to deal with sourcing energy away from Russia, as that eases, they will likely be in a much better position to help Ukraine and to a less degree, this is also the case for the US but on inflation.
I know some people in EU countries and the US will complain about high inflation, energy and food cost but its nowhere near as bad as what the people of Ukraine are going through and we've been through rough times before and it's going to ease overtime and the main thing is, the west can't afford to let Putin win this war as that could open up a can of worms for other authoritarian governments, basically, a powerful message needs to be sent to these governments that this isn't alright, otherwise, if Putin wins, we could end up with the likes of China taking a chance on Taiwan, knowing that the west has limits in how far they are willing to go and that is what Putin is banking on, he's banking on the west to back down so he gets what he wants, the west doesn't learn their lesson and Putin ends up doing the same to another country and I hope the west isn't stupid enough to fall for that game, otherwise, it could backfire on us all in the long run.
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