r/worldnews • u/DomesticErrorist22 • 1d ago

Preliminary investigation confirms Russian missile caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash Russia/Ukraine

https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/exclusive-preliminary-investigation-confirms-russian-missile-over-grozny-caused-aktau-cras

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u/nebeatsimenu 1d ago

They did this for the second time, they need to have consequences for this kind of shit. Ffs, russia is like a deranged neighbor for whole Europe and we have to casually deal with the shit they do.

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u/BubsyFanboy 1d ago

What else can we do besides a direct assault on Russia though?

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u/The_JSQuareD 1d ago edited 1d ago

Give way, way more support to Ukraine. The west is giving Ukraine just enough to hold out while for the most part continuing a normal, peace-time economy. Total aid by Europe over the past 2.5ish years is something like €124 billion, or €50 billion or so per year. EU GDP is €17 trillion. So aid to Ukraine amounts to around 0.3% of GDP per year. It's even less for the US.

The cost of the aid sent to Ukraine so far is miniscule compared to the cost cuts that have been made to European defense budgets since the end of the cold war.

If the west really wanted to, they could easily give Ukraine what they need to win this war.