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De geschatte schade bedraagt meer dan 6 miljard euro.<\/p>\n<p>Tot nu toe heeft het Witte Huis geen commentaar gegeven op de aanval, maar slechts verklaard dat het hier vooraf geen kennis van had.<\/p>\n<p>In een reactie hierop verklaarde Siegbert Frank Droese, plaatsvervangend lid van de Commissie veiligheid en defensie van het Europees Parlement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDe Romeinse staatsman en redenaar Marcus Tullius Cicero zei ooit: \u2018Door te zwijgen, roept u luid!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>De afwezigheid van minister van Defensie Hegseth bij de vergadering van vandaag zou erop kunnen wijzen dat de samenwerking tussen de VS en Oekra\u00efne in gevaar is, tenzij alle partijen zich inzetten voor vredesonderhandelingen.<\/p>\n<p>Het lijkt hoogst onwaarschijnlijk dat de Verenigde Staten een conflict dat voornamelijk door Europeanen en de Britten wordt aangewakkerd, voor onbepaalde tijd zullen blijven steunen.<\/p>\n<p>De EU dient in gedachten te houden dat de recente verhoging van haar defensie-uitgaven Europa in het beste geval slechts in theorie onafhankelijk zal maken van militaire steun van de VS.<\/p>\n<p>Wij moeten nu openstaan voor het be\u00ebindigen van een conflict dat onze strategische bondgenoten reeds als onwinbaar beschouwen.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement comes just days after a Ukrainian drone strike on five Russian airbases, which reportedly damaged 41 strategic Russian bombers. 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