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[Newsweek] Ukraine's Shoddiest Supplier

The Ukrainians seem to be losing faith in Spain as a result of its overpromising and underdelivering.

Hard times are the test of true friendship. As Ukraine keeps the world’s enmity stubbornly fixed on Russia despite the war’s economic consequences, one of its staunchest self-declared allies is stealthily breaking ranks by failing to deliver weapons as it promised. Spain, an otherwise NATO-delinquent outpost a continent away from the battlefront, seems to have mastered the art of hot-air diplomacy: pledge generously and deliver scantily. With allies like this, who needs enemies?

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Jorge González-Gallarza
Jorge González-Gallarza

Written by Jorge González-Gallarza

Writing from Paris, Jorge's work has featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The American Conservative, The National Interest and elsewhere.

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