• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    No, UK is not as close as Italy, and Spain is about the same. And Austria is way closer than UK.
    Netherlands is further away than Austria and Italy, but they for instance joined Denmark in delivering F16.
    Hungary and Slovakia borders directly to Ukraine, and would be exposed if Russia takes Ukraine, despite that they have not helped, and even tried to prevent aid to Ukraine.

    Also the protection of Europe is still important to EU countries that are not the closest, even if you are not a country in immediate danger, it will have an immense impact on security and economy for those countries too, if Russia chooses to make further problems, just as it already did when gas prices exploded in 2022.