Zelenskyy warns Europe: You guys are doomed without us – POLITICO
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Europe that it cannot withstand Russia without Ukraine’s military, calling Ukraine’s victory vital to stopping Kremlin expansion.

Speaking to Polish media, Zelenskyy stressed that Russia’s larger, more brutal army would target other European nations if Ukraine falls.

He criticized Western allies for underestimating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, urging them to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses.

    • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Reads differently

      Looking ahead, most of the respondents expect current risks to persist, in particular the frequency of extreme weather events, and the unpredictability of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will evolve. Concerning the latter, risks are not only linked to the availability of imports, but also to ongoing price volatility both for inputs and commodities and to potential logistical restrictions in place. Several respondents anticipate no decline in food inflation in the coming months, as input and production costs are expected to stay up, thus keeping consumer prices high due to delayed price transmission between different stages of the food chain

      So there are concerns about the invasion and it’s driving food inflation.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I never claimed climate change couldn’t cause increased prices. But EU has lots of spare farmland that farmers are paid to NOT use to REDUCE production to avoid huge stockpiles like we had in the 70’s.
        EU can increase production a lot if we want.

        So as I wrote EU is not and is not likely to become dependent on Ukrainian grain.

        • golli@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 hours ago

          That and at least here in Germany we also use tons of land to grow energy plants such as rapeseed (apparently that alone uses 10% of all farming land), which imo is just incredibly inefficient. In case of an emergency at this scale i’d imagine that would be turned back to producing something like weat.

          We could also simply produce a bit less meat, which is similarly inefficient in howmuch you need to feed the animals per kg of product.