EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell urged everyone to understand that support for Ukraine must continue, pointing out the consequences of blocking US aid to Ukraine and warning against security risks for both Europe and the United States. He said this in an interview with PBS News Hour, according to UNN.
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Borrell, who visited the United States, said he did not have a chance to talk to Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, where the issue of further aid to Ukraine was stuck.
"No, not with the speaker of the House, but I had the opportunity to talk with some members of the - a member of the House from the Republican side. And I tried to explain him and ask him to explain to their colleagues, just imagine which could be the consequences of a blockage of the American support to Ukraine. Just imagine the Russian tanks breaking the defense lines of Ukraine, heading to Kyiv, putting a puppet government in Kyiv, putting Ukrainian people on an authoritarian regime. And we know how the Russian authoritarian regime works. Putting the Russian army on the borders of Poland and the Baltics, being a serious threat to Moldova," Borrell said.
The security cost for us, Europeans, and for you, U.S. people, of a Russian victory in Ukraine is so great, so big, so unbearable that I urge everybody to understand that the support to Ukraine has to continue, not only for generosity with the people who are defending themselves from an invasion, but also in our own interest
"The victory of Ukraine is crucial both for European and US security: the military support has to continue," EU diplomat Josep Borrell said in X.
When asked by the News Hour host whether the EU could provide Ukraine with enough military aid to replace US military aid, Borrell said: "From the military point of view, no." "You have been a stronger supporter because you have a stronger military capacity, you know? Nobody can compete with the U.S. Army and the U.S. military capacities. And, certainly, if you could stop doing that, no one else can take your place," the EU High Representative said.