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[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's just military aid though. In all, the EU has almost spent €85 billion to support Ukrainians.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/attachment/876709/Factsheet_EU_Solidarity_with_Ukraine_EN.pdf.pdf

For comparison, Russia is expected to have tripled their national military budget by 80 to €120 billion per year, or an increase of around 4% GDP. If the EU spends €60 billion /year on aid, that would mean around 0,4% of their GDP.

[–] Sowhatever@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Aka Russia has a GDP comparable to Italy