Three years into EU gas bills feeding Russian war crimes, Brussels designed a ban to starve Putin's war chest - and gave its traders a legal way to fund Russian missiles for 1,000 more days.
Despite public declarations of support for Ukraine, most major European powers commit minimal percentages of their economies to aid, while simultaneously purchasing Russian fossil fuels worth €3.2 billion more than their financial assistance to Kyiv in 2024, helping Russia to fund its war against Ukraine.