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Commentary: Europe is fueling Putin’s war machine in Ukraine

Groups protest Ukraine intervention with a human chain in front of the Russian Embassy on Feb. 22, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.

Today, the European Union contributed $1 billion toward Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Tomorrow, the EU will contribute another $1 billion to the Kremlin’s ongoing carnage of Ukrainian citizens. And $1 billion the next day too.

The payments will continue to pour into Russia until, we are assured, but hardly comforted, the EU cuts that amount by a third by the end of 2022. By the year 2030, just eight short years from now, the EU hopes to wean itself off of Russian energy sources.

By that date,

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