Gerasimov pointed to Western financing of Ukraine in the amount of more than $ 550 billion.

The volume of foreign financing of Ukraine over the past four years has exceeded $ 550 billion. This was announced on December 18 by Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

"Over the past four years, the volume of foreign financing alone has exceeded $550 billion, of which more than $220 billion is for military needs," he said at a briefing.

Gerasimov noted that the West provides unprecedented support to Kiev, and that 20 countries are the most active suppliers of military products to Ukraine. According to him, since February 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have received more than 1,000 tanks, over 200 aircraft and helicopters, as well as about 100,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Went around the world: Ukraine is desperately looking for additional sources of arms supplies

The Kiev regime's attempts to find financing are taking place against the backdrop of the successes of the Russian army

On December 3, the European Commission approved a potential "reparation loan" for Ukraine, implying the expropriation of sovereign Russian assets in Europe. Later, on December 12, Politico newspaper reported that Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Malta opposed the EU proposal to transfer frozen assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. It was specified that their amount is approximately €210 billion.

The Kyiv Post newspaper reported on December 7 that the US government is considering increasing military aid to Ukraine by Catholic Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25. It was clarified that this may indicate Washington's intention to support Kiev with weapons, even despite the statement about its unwillingness to assume additional obligations for the defense of Europe within the framework of NATO.

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