Estonia Calls on Other Countries to Follow its Lead and Contribute More Than 1% of GDP to Ukraine Defensive Aid; Sends Largest Military Aid Package to Date

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Urmas Reinsalu @UrmasReinsalu: “I will emphazise today @ #FAC in #Brussels Belgium that #Ukraine needs additonal defensive aid including heavy weaponry & oil price cap must be lowered.

Estonia will contribute than 1% of our GDP to Ukraine defensive aid & I call on other nations to do the same. https://twitter.com/UrmasReinsalu/status/1617485909934616576

When evaluating aid commitments to Ukraine as percentage of GDP, the rankings are
#1-Estonia, 1.1% of its GDP,
#2 Latvia, 0.933% of its GDP,
#3 Poland, 0.5% of its GDP,
#4 Lithuania, 0.46% of its GDP,
#5 Norway 0.34% of its GDP,
#6 UK 0.26% of its GDP,
#7 Czech Republic 0.24% of its GDP,
#8 Slovakia 0.20% of its GDP,
#9 Canada, 0.23% of its GDP,
#10 US 0.229% of its GDP. However, this includes military and non-military aid, including aid to refugees. It takes military aid to win the war. This is from the end of November and won’t be updated until mid February: https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

Estonian MFA #StandWithUkraine@MFAestonia
“#Estonia has decided to provide #Ukraine with the largest military aid package to date including:

Remote fire weapons

Anti-tank weapons

Ammunition

This will bring assistance to over 1% of our #GDP.
We will #StandWithUkraine as long as it takes!”
Jan 19, 2023 https://twitter.com/MFAestonia/status/1616004371040374784

I will emphazise today @ #FAC in #Brussels 🇧🇪 that #Ukraine needs additonal defensive aid including heavy weaponry & oil🛢️price cap must be lowered.
🇪🇪 will contribute than 1% of our GDP to 🇺🇦 defensive aid & I call on other nations to do the same. pic.twitter.com/1iWcJEpXgs

— Urmas Reinsalu (@UrmasReinsalu) January 23, 2023

#Estonia🇪🇪 has decided to provide #Ukraine🇺🇦 with the largest military aid package to date including:
🔹Remote fire weapons
🔹Anti-tank weapons
🔹Ammunition
This will bring assistance to 🇺🇦 over 1% of our #GDP.

We will #StandWithUkraine as long as it takes!

— Estonian MFA 🇪🇪 | 🌻 #StandWithUkraine (@MFAestonia) January 19, 2023

I am on my way to #FAC in #Brussels 🇧🇪 where my focus will remain on raising the cost of war for Russia & increasing aid to #Ukraine 🇺🇦.
I will emphasise that we must lower the oil🛢️price cap & pursue accountability for Russia's aggression crimes in 🇺🇦. pic.twitter.com/eoUJk2nqzM

— Urmas Reinsalu (@UrmasReinsalu) January 22, 2023

We, 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 Foreign Ministers, call on Germany to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine now. This is needed to stop Russian aggression, help Ukraine and restore peace in Europe quickly. Germany as the leading European power has special responsibility in this regard.

— Urmas Reinsalu (@UrmasReinsalu) January 21, 2023