Mom, oh mom, I
found the golden spoon in the sand again. Where is it from? Shut up kid,
Landsbergiai are stealing wealth from Lithuania this way...
"Politico
announced in its publication on Tuesday that Estonia is receiving criticism
from diplomats and officials of the European Union (EU) countries for allegedly
improperly using European peace instruments to modernize its weapons. However,
Estonian officials reject the accusations and say that the information spread
is incorrect.
The report is
supplemented by a comment from an Estonian official.
Following
Russia's war against Ukraine, the EU established a common fund called the
European Peace Facility (EPF) to reimburse member states for equipment and
weapons donated to Ukraine.
According to
Politico, there has been growing tension in the EU recently over how much money
goes into this fund and how it is used. Several EU diplomats and officials
spoke anonymously to Politico about internal discussions.
Most of the
blame, according to Politico, has fallen on Estonia, which is said to be
misusing a fund into which member states pay contributions based on the size of
their economies to modernize its aging military.
Declassified data
from the EU's Department of Foreign Affairs and Defense (EFSD), allegedly seen
by Politico, shows that the six countries based their reimbursement requests on
the cost of acquiring new weapons, rather than the actual current value of the
equipment sent to Ukraine.
These are Finland (which, according to EFAS,
demanded 100% of the purchase price), Lithuania (93%), Estonia (91%), France
(71%) and Sweden (26%). At the top of the list, measured in absolute numbers,
is Estonia, which requested more than 160 million. EUR for previous donations
to Ukraine, for which it has already been compensated 134 million. Eur.
Diplomats from
other member states, according to Politico, described the practice as
sacrilegious behavior by Estonia. Several EU diplomats told Politico that Kaja
Kallas, the prime minister of Estonia, has often called on the EU to provide
more military support to Ukraine, but at the same time she has generously
supported her own military.
He denies the
allegations
Kusti Salmas, Secretary General of the
Ministry of Defense of Estonia, was outraged by the information that appeared
in the publication.
"It's clear
we're dealing with a malicious attack, Politico is publishing lies, trying to
drive a wedge between EU allies to slow down support for Ukraine."
Everything is done according to the rules, and the absolute amounts presented
by Politico are high, because we sent a huge aid package, sometimes exceeding
what other Western countries have provided," K. Salmas told Estonia's ERR
on Tuesday.
K. Salmas
indicated that Estonia received more than 150 million EUR from ETP., and
Ukraine was granted more than 400 million EUR from ETP value support expressed
in replacement value.
"We are
talking about less than half of the nominal recovery value that we got
back," explained K. Salmas.
He added that the
publication is based on information provided to him anonymously, which could
have been provided by countries hostile to Western support for Ukraine.
Martin Herem, Lieutenant General of the
Estonian Armed Forces, also said that the claims in the Politico text were not
true.
According to Mr.
Herem, Estonia behaved exactly as the EU told it to. Mr Harem said the article
was "bullying, malicious, jealous talk mixed with false information".
"If anyone
says that what we sent to Ukraine is old junk, I'll sue them or point the
finger at them," Herem said.
He noted that
some of the aid to Ukraine was obsolete in terms of production, but still
operational.
"By helping
Ukraine with EU funds, we are also improving our weaponry, that's true. But
when we gave aid, we didn't think the EU would pay for it. It was handed over
even before the EU made such a decision at all," noted M. Herem.
Arvydas Anušauskas, the Minister of National
Defense of Lithuania, claims that the information provided in the text of
"Politico" regarding Lithuania's request for reimbursement of
expenses is also inaccurate.
"Lithuania
strictly follows the methodology agreed by the EU member states on how to
assess the value of the support transferred to Ukraine. It is currently agreed
on until 2022. partial reimbursement of the support provided in July 2023-2027,
as well as negotiations on the reimbursement of further support packages.
According to the agreement of the parties, the specific figures of the returned
support are not made public, but so far it has been agreed that Lithuania will
recover about one-fifth (20%) of the value of the military support provided to
Ukraine and will use them both for further support to Ukraine and for the
restoration of its transferred stocks", - commenting on the published
material in "Politico", A. Anušauskas said in his Facebook account. (Understand,
spending money intended for Lithuanian defense matters, on looting golden spoons
is an old Lithuanian tradition, we cover it not with withered grass, as befits
the army, but with long phrases about oops, we've kept everything a secret
here. (K.))
In turn,
"Politico" stated in the text that neither Estonian, nor Lithuanian,
nor Finnish officials commented on "Politico's" information."
Dear Estonians, the stone axes in your museums are still operational. Did you send them to Ukraine? What compensation did you demand for them? Like new? It was an expensive piece of shit in Estonian stone age (quite recently).
Is the Finnish alcoholic women at the control of the government also a thief?
https://www.vz.lt/verslo-aplinka/2023/03/28/politico-estija-sulauke-kritikos-es-del-kompensaciju-uz-issiunciama-ginkluote-i-ukraina#ixzz7xJIAbOn8
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