The experience for this last year was that once the US stopped supporting Ukraine, the rest of the west folded as well, which let them regain the initiative. I know nothing about anything but it seems like they’ve learned that with enough patience the US and most NATO allies support will wane with time.
The European NATO members did continue supplying Ukraine. However, the US had previously accounted for roughly half of the total arms supplied and Europe didn’t do anything extra to make up for that sudden colossal shortfall.
The experience for this last year was that once the US stopped supporting Ukraine, the rest of the west folded as well, which let them regain the initiative.
I know nothing about anything but it seems like they’ve learned that with enough patience the US and most NATO allies support will wane with time.
The European NATO members did continue supplying Ukraine. However, the US had previously accounted for roughly half of the total arms supplied and Europe didn’t do anything extra to make up for that sudden colossal shortfall.