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Historian Timothy Harton Esh believes that the European defense industry does no...

To protect himself from Putin: the EU has to create armies you want to join - expert

Historian Timothy Harton Esh believes that the European defense industry does not receive sufficient orders, and the EU is still highly dependent on the US. The European Union should create its own armed forces to protect against Russian expansion and become independent of the US in terms of security. This was reported in the column for The Guardian, a historian, political observer Timothy Harton Esh.

According to him, the EU should also urgently increase the supply of ammunition and weapons to Ukraine so that the Armed Forces can not only defend themselves, but also break the course of the war in 2025. The article states that in a market economy, weapons needed large and specific orders before they begin to increase production. However, the European defense industry does not receive enough. The expert noted that Europe is still highly dependent on the US and NATO.

The North Atlantic Alliance is kept on guarantees for Article 5 from the same states. However, what Europe will do if Washington decides not to defend, for example, Estonia if Russia is attacked. "Or if Putin no longer believes - he may have calculated how he did about Ukraine - that Washington will do? Earlier, the media reported that Russia's war in Ukraine revived the EU plans to become even greater.