Two years after the start of the large-scale war, the dynamic of Western support for kyiv is losing momentum: newly committed aid is down over the period from August 2023 to January 2024 compared to the same period of the the previous year, according to the latest report from the Kiel Institute, published in February 2024. And this trend could continue, the American Senate struggling to pass aid, and the European Union (EU) having had every difficulty in have aid of 50 billion adopted on 1is February 2024, due to the Hungarian blockade. Please note, these two aid packages are not yet taken into account in the latest assessment made by the Kiel Institute, which ends in January 2024.
Data from the German institute show that the number of donors is decreasing and is concentrated around a core of countries: the United States, Germany, the countries of northern and eastern Europe, which promise both high financial aid and advanced weaponry. In total, since February 2022, the countries which support kyiv have committed at least 276 billion euros on the military, financial or humanitarian level.
In absolute terms, the richest countries have been the most generous. The United States is by far the leading donors, with more than 75 billion euros in aid announced, including 46.3 billion in military aid. European Union countries announced both bilateral aid (64.86 billion euros) and joint aid from European Union funds (93.25 billion euros), for a total of 158.1 billion euros.
When we relate these contributions to the gross domestic product (GDP) of each donor country, the ranking changes. The United States has fallen to twentieth place (0.32% of its GDP), well behind countries neighboring Ukraine or former friendly Soviet republics. Estonia takes the lead in aid relative to GDP with 3.55%, followed by Denmark (2.41%) and Norway (1.72%). The rest of the top 5 is completed by Lithuania (1.54%) and Latvia (1.15%). The three Baltic states, which all share borders with Russia or its ally Belarus, have been among the most generous donors since the start of the conflict.
In the ranking of the percentage of GDP, France is twenty-seventh, having committed with 0.07% of its GDP, just behind Greece (0.09%). The aid provided by Paris has been in constant decline since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – France was twenty-fourth in April 2023, and thirteenth in the summer of 2022.
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TGV: gradual return to normal for part of the traffic between Paris and the Grand-Est, delays to be expected on Saturday
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Up to six hours late displayed on the departure boards. On the eve of the weekend, the entire high-speed line between Paris and the East of France experienced very serious disruptions this Friday afternoon, due to a power cut on a catenary at of Chalons Champagne (Marne).
This Friday evening, traffic is improving: trains departing from Gare de l’Est are now displayed on time. On the other hand, certain trains towards Paris are still experiencing delays and “traffic will remain disrupted tomorrow” Saturday, warned SNCF Réseau, specifying that “additional work will take place during the day tomorrow Saturday or the day after tomorrow” Sunday. Trains from Strasbourg scheduled for Saturday evening are already delayed: almost 4 hours late for the train scheduled for Saturday April 27 at 8:13 p.m. and 2 hours for the 10:13 p.m. train.
The catenary break has happened “a little before noon.” Throughout the afternoon, the TGVs operating the connections between Strasbourg, Nancy/Metz, Reims and Paris were unable to travel on the fast track and had to be diverted to the conventional route, causing delays in both sense.
This break in the cables providing electricity to the trains occurred on the eve of a weekend, in the middle of school holidays for the academies area of Nancy-Metz, Reims and Strasbourg.
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North Korea repudiates Japan’s decision to dump Fukushima water into the ocean
“Japan must immediately reverse its decision to dangerously dump water contaminated with nuclear material, which seriously threatens the life, safety and future of humanity. “Japan will take full responsibility for the catastrophic consequences of its lack of ethics,” North Korea’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a press release on Thursday.
The spokesperson noted that despite strong condemnation from the international community, Japan has made a decision that is “an unethical act that destroys the geoecological environment and endangers the existence of humanity.” The statement emphasizes that, although Tokyo assures that the spilled water has been purified and is not dangerous, it has been scientifically proven that this is not the case and that it continues to contain large quantities of extremely dangerous radioactive nuclides, such as cesium, strontium, ruthenium or tritium.
Within a few years, these waters will enter the seas around the world and cause great damage to humanity, the statement continues. The spokesperson also stressed that Japan, the only country that has suffered a nuclear attack, cannot fail to realize the consequences of this decision. However, the country “does not hesitate to impose a nuclear catastrophe on humanity, for its own selfish purposes.” At the same time, he continues to accuse neighboring countries of a “nuclear threat” and advocates a denuclearized world, which indicates his double stance.
Japan began dumping more than a million tons of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean this Thursday. Neighboring countries condemn the decision, and their inhabitants, as well as those of Japan itself, have come out to protest. With RT
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