alt Hacker News> Yes, extensively aided and funded, no matter how you try to avoid this fact
I literally gave you the number, this is the fact: West has provided less than percent of their economies over 5 years.
> Russia has more sanctions applied that any country ever did.
That's what attacking your neighbour does, yes. And it's far, far from 'all it can' part.
> Still it is Russia gaining land and NATO ally, which runs on NATO money and NATO weapons, retreating.
Russia took less than percent of Ukrainian soil every year after initial shock gains. This is hilariously bad performance for the great power that fights against donated scraps. It's not even high end tech (F-35s, last gen Euro-fighters).
> NATO has arrived indeed. NATO ally (or protectorate) has huge and obvious manpower loss.
Does NATO know it has arrived?
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You seem to believe the West is doing very little to help Ukraine. You say they only contribute a tiny fraction of their economy, but you ignore that that fraction is coming on top of their own budgets which are already quite constrained as well as increased spending on their own militaries due to the situation + pressure by the US, and that many countries, especially Germany, lost an enormous amount of money by becoming severely less competitive after rejecting Russian oil and gas , which had made energy prices much lower before the war. What do you think Europe can do more? Do you support tax hikes to allow more money to be sent? Do you want a direct military involvement and are you prepared to be drafted, or have your children be, to the front lines, even if that means direct attacks by drones/missiles on many of your cities in retaliation ? Most people answer no to those questions, otherwise they would be demanding that and in a democracy people do get what they want if the majority agrees, yet we don’t see anyone in Europe going to the streets or even signing major petitions or anything like that!