Haggling over Greek aid to Ukraine

The protracted nature of the war in Ukraine and the signal sent a few days ago by the US Congress of the continued bipartisan commitment to Ukraine, with a substantial aid package, are putting pressure on Europeans to continue the flow of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukrainian forces.

The pressure is particularly intense, as was made clear at the last US-sponsored meeting (Ukraine Defense Contact Group) last Friday. Athens is under double pressure, both from Washington and from its European Union partners, especially Berlin, which believes that Greece has not yet provided what it should have in the context of transatlantic solidarity. An interesting element of the pressures on Athens is that none of Greece's interlocutors believes that Ukrainian defense can wait until after the June 9 European elections. Any new delivery of a weapons system or munitions should be made...