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European lawmakers urge international community to provide more military support for Ukraine amid the involvement of China and North Korea (www.europarl.europa.eu)
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  • Pyongyang’s involvement and Russia’s testing of new ballistic missiles in Ukraine mark “a new phase in the war”
  • Call on Beijing to end all military or dual-use assistance given to Russia
  • MEPs ask for more sanctions against sectors of special economic importance for Russia

In a resolution adopted on Thursday (28 November), the European Parliament condemned Russia’s use of North Korean troops against the Ukrainian army and its testing of new ballistic missiles in Ukraine. These recent escalatory steps represent a new phase in the war and a new risk for Europe’s security as a whole, MEPs argue, calling on the EU and Ukraine’s other partners to respond accordingly.

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Further sanctions for countries providing military support to Russia

Denouncing Iran, Belarus and North Korea for their military support of Russia, MEPs urge the EU member states to further strengthen the sanctions regime against these countries. They stress that both Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and North Korea’s participation in the war and its nuclear and missile programmes constitute grave threats to the rules-based international order.

Involvement of China

MEPs also call on Beijing to end all military or dual-use assistance it is giving to Russia, adding that a refusal to change course risks seriously affecting bilateral EU-China relations. Instead, China could use its significant influence over North Korea and Russia to help reduce tensions, they say.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Hereis my take: Democracies tend to be able to peacefully coexist, make compromise and cooperate. Because most people doesn't want to go to war. Most people want prosperity and share it rather than die for it. As long as there are non-democracies or poorly working democracies around, you're gonna have to fight to not loose what you have. Concentrate power and you are more likely to have to go to war. Cause the few peope with unchecked power does not care about you or your grandma.

Only when the powerhungry feel emboldened enough, do they start conflicts. So it is a prerequsite to have to group up with someone, to messure up against whoever they intend to steal from.

From my perspective; it is generally democracies, that tend to more reflect the will of the people, that are constantly defending against oportunistic dictators that want to shape the world to exploit their- and others peope, to their personal benefit.

In prosperous times, dictators are not so aggressive, but in less prosporous times, they tend to need to start conflicts. They have nothing to personally loose from it. If they have nukes, they don't even have to fear assasination when they mess with everyone on the globe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Are you aware that huge crimes against humanity, genocide, wars, heck even dictators and nice things like that are produced by ... democracies?