Because NATO article 5 demands it.

European support started out slow, but has ramped up as the US has backed away.

Germany will spend 20% of it's federal budget on military in 2027, planning to increase that to 30% by 2030. "We cannot defend ourselves against Putin with a balanced budget".

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dns_snek a day ago | parent | next [-]

What does NATO article 5 have to do with Ukraine?

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HarHarVeryFunny a day ago | parent [-]

The parent was talking about the disunity of Europe in standing up to Putin.

What would come next after Ukraine may be the Baltic states or Poland.

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sajithdilshan a day ago | parent [-]

> What would come next after Ukraine may be the Baltic states or Poland.

According to your YouTube sources? NATO has nothing to do with Ukraine. NATO countries can defend themselves if one of those countries actually are being attacked. That happened in 9/11 and NATO countries supporting militarily the US wars that preceded.

They have no such obligation towards Ukraine.

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HarHarVeryFunny a day ago | parent [-]

They have no NATO obligation towards Ukraine, but I'd say they do have a moral one, and they also have their own self-interest.

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sajithdilshan 18 hours ago | parent [-]

There is no such thing as moral obligation when it comes to politics and national interest. If it’s your country, then it’s your job to defend it or whatever. So far it doesn’t seem to be serving their self interest supporting an endless war.

	▲	CamperBob2 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There is no such thing as moral obligation when it comes to politics and national interest. There is if you ever want to negotiate a nuclear arms-control deal again. None of this would be an issue if Ukraine had kept their nukes.
	▲	HarHarVeryFunny 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Their self-interest is in keeping Putin at arms length and avoiding WW III. Putin is already threatening Lithuania, sending drones into Poland. If Putin wasn't prevented from taking Ukraine, do you really think it would end there?

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sajithdilshan a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Ukraine is not a NATO member