Miles Parks

Hard to tell the exact scale of that.

The Europeans have stepped up.

They've replaced a lot of the assistance that the U.S.

was providing in strictly dollar terms.

And that can be both, I'm talking financial assistance or military assistance.

But the Europeans can't replace everything simply because some weapons like missiles in the Patriot air defense system simply come from the U.S.

and nowhere else.

So they can't

in terms of the exact item, replace it.

Can they do this for the long term or just the short term?

We don't know yet.

And we could add this to our list of contradictions.

Europe is now the main supporter of Ukraine in the war, but it's the U.S.

that's still negotiating with Russia.

And the Europeans don't want to be left out.

They're not really happy about being left out, even as they're stepping up in terms of providing assistance to Ukraine.

They're talking at the same table, the Russians, the Ukrainians, and the Americans.

So, you know, that's progress of a sort.

The Ukrainians have certainly hinted that they'll, or flat out said they'll do certain things, like they're certainly willing to consider foreign

freezing the front line of the conflict.