{"id":73649,"date":"2025-07-08T17:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/?p=73649"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:01:45","slug":"open-letter-europes-moment-of-truth-an-appeal-to-support-ukraine-with-all-our-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/en\/open-letter-europes-moment-of-truth-an-appeal-to-support-ukraine-with-all-our-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter   Europe\u2019s Moment of Truth An appeal to support Ukraine with all our strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In an appeal to the German government and its European partners, numerous public figures from Germany and Europe are calling for a joint effort by European democ\u00adracies to enable Ukraine to success\u00adfully defend itself against Russia\u2019s war of aggression. Any success for Russia\u2019s politics of violence would be a blow to European security. The European democ\u00adratic project would also be struck at its core.<\/h3>\n

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Ralf F\u00fccks, director of the Center for Liberal Modernity, on the intention behind the appeal: \u201cThe war in Ukraine is at a critical stage. The brutal escalation of air strikes against Ukrainian cities is being accom\u00adpanied by a Russian offensive on all fronts. Putin is counting on a military victory. If American support can no longer be relied upon, the moment of truth comes for Europe: Are we capable of robust political action, or will we let Trump and Putin determine our future?\u201d<\/p>\n

The appeal formu\u00adlates a series of concrete recom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions for action addressed to the German government and its European partners to strengthen Ukraine militarily and polit\u00adi\u00adcally. These initia\u00adtives can be imple\u00admented immedi\u00adately if we muster the political will to do so.<\/p>\n

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Open letter<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s Moment of Truth<\/strong>
\nAn appeal to support Ukraine with all our strength<\/h2>\n

The Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion\u2019s vacil\u00adlation on arms aid to Ukraine comes amid a Russian offensive on all fronts and a brutal escalation of the air war against Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n

Air defense alone cannot win a war. But without adequate air defense, the risk of defeat grows. Moreover, halting American supplies of rocket launchers and other weapons systems weakens Ukraine\u2019s fighting power.<\/p>\n

Putin will read the signals from Washington as an invitation to continue the war with all his might. By rejecting an uncon\u00addi\u00adtional ceasefire, the Russian president has reaffirmed what he wants: to force the whole of Ukraine back under Russian domination. Putin is counting on a military victory. Russia will only be prepared to leave Ukraine in peace when it is in danger of losing the war.<\/p>\n

If American policy can no longer be relied upon, the moment of truth has come for Europe. Now we must show whether we can act indepen\u00addently and decisively. Success for Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine would pose a massive threat to European security. The democ\u00adratic project of Europe would also be struck to its core.<\/p>\n

The tense situation requires a joint effort by European democ\u00adracies to ensure Ukraine\u2019s defense. We call on the German government, together with other European govern\u00adments, to signif\u00adi\u00adcantly increase and accel\u00aderate military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The following steps should be taken immediately:<\/p>\n

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  • Rapid delivery of air defense systems from European stocks to defend against Russian drone and missile attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • As a potential tool of exerting pressure on the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtration, European arms purchases in the US could be linked to the release of promised deliv\u00aderies to Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Purchase of American weapons systems that cannot be replaced by European products in the short term for onward transfer to Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Rapid expansion of the Ukrainian arms industry in cooper\u00adation with European companies. Financial aid and guarantees must be increased for this purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Strength\u00adening the Ukrainian air force with new aircraft, electronic systems, and modern weaponry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Immediate award of extensive procurement contracts to the European arms industry with the aim of being able to support Ukraine entirely with European production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • Last but not least, we must strengthen Ukraine\u2019s ability to destroy Russian arms factories, air bases, and logis\u00adtical hubs of the Russian army. In addition to drones, this requires long-range guided missiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Europe must now throw all its weight behind supporting Ukraine and forcing Russia to make peace.<\/p>\n

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                Signa\u00adtories<\/strong>
                \nFelix Ackermann, FernUni\u00adver\u00adsit\u00e4t in Hagen (Germany)
                \nAnders Aslund, Economist & author (Sweden)
                \nMarieluise Beck, Senior Fellow, Centre for Liberal Modernity (Germany)
                \nJan C. Behrends, Professor, Leibniz Centre for Contem\u00adporary History (Potsdam, Germany)
                \nDaniel Cohn-Bendit, Publicist, former Member of the European Parliament (Germany)
                \nFranziska Davies, Leibniz Centre for Contem\u00adporary History (Potsdam, Germany)
                \nChristian Dietrich, Pastor (Germany)
                \nSabine D\u00f6ring, Former State Secretary (Germany)
                \nTanja D\u00fcckers, Writer, Literary scholar, Publicist \/\u200b Lecturer
                \nThomas Enders, President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
                \nSabine Fischer, Expert on Eastern Europe, Berlin
                \nArndt Freytag von Loring\u00adhoven, Former Ambas\u00adsador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Poland
                \nKarsten Friis, Research NUPI\u2018s Research Group on Security and Defence (Norway)
                \nRalf F\u00fccks, Managing Director, Centre for Liberal Modernity (Germany)
                \nGustav Gressel, National Defence Academy (Vienna, Austria)
                \nPaul Grod, President, Ukrainian World Congress  (Canada)
                \nRebecca Harms, Former Member of the European Parliament (Germany)
                \nPavel Havlicek, Research Fellow, Associ\u00adation for Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Affairs (AMO) (Czech Republic)
                \nPatrick Heinemann, Lawyer (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
                \nToomas Hendrik, Ilves, Former President of Estonia
                \nHenning Hoppe, Professor of Solid State Chemistry, University of Augsburg (Germany)
                \nPavlo Klimkin, Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister
                \nGerd Koenen, Publicist (Germany)
                \nWojciech Kononczuk, Director of the Warsaw Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) (Poland)
                \nIlko-Sascha Kowalczuk, Historian (Berlin, Germany)
                \nJaroslaw Kuisz, \u201eKultura Liberalna\u201c (Warsaw) and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Liberal Modernity (Berln)
                \nDmytro Kuleba, Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister
                \nSergey Lagodinsky, MdEP, The Greens\/\u200bEFA in the European Parliament
                \nSabine Leutheusser-Schnar\u00adren\u00adberger, Former Federal Minister of Justice, Deputy Chair of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (Germany)
                \nWolf Lotter, Publicist (Germany\/\u200b Austria)
                \nJohn Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia & Eurasia Programme, Chatham House (UK)
                \nEdward Lucas, Columnist, The Times (UK)
                \nOrysia Lutsevych, Deputy Director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House (UK)
                \nMarko Martin, Writer (Germany)
                \nCarlo Masala, Chair for Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Politics, Bundeswehr University Munich (Germany)
                \nJ\u00f6rg Mathes
                \nStefan Meister, German Council on Foreign Relations
                \nMarie Mendras, Professor, Sciences Po Paris (France)
                \nHerta M\u00fcller, Writer, Nobel Prize in Liter\u00adature (Germany)
                \nKerstin M\u00fcller, Former Minister of State (Germany)
                \nLars Peder Nordbakken, Civita (Norway)
                \n\u017dygimantas Pavil\u00adionis, Foreign Affairs Committee, Lithuanian Parliament
                \nAnnette Peter
                \nRuprecht Polenz, President of the German Associ\u00adation for East European Studies
                \nEva Quistorp, MEP, theologian, author, Ukraine lobbyist in the European Parliament
                \nKatharina Raabe, Publishing editor (Germany)
                \nHedwig Richter, Professor of Modern and Contem\u00adporary History, Bundeswehr University Munich
                \nKateryna Rietz-Rakul, Head of the Repre\u00adsen\u00adtative Office of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany
                \nManfred Sapper, Editor, Editor, Osteuropa, German Associ\u00adation for East European Studies
                \nGwendolyn Sasse, Scien\u00adtific Director, Centre for East European and Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Studies (Germany)
                \nIrina Scherbakowa, Memorial (Russia \/\u200b Germany)
                \nKarl Schl\u00f6gel, Professor emeritus, East European historian (Berlin, Germany
                \nRichard Schr\u00f6der, Emeritus Professor (Theology) (Germany)
                \nMartin Schulze Wessel, Professor at the Ludwig Maxim\u00adilian University of Munich (Germany)
                \nRoman Schwarzman, Holocaust survivor (Odesa, Ukraine)
                \nTimothy Snyder, Professor at Yale University and the University of Toronto (USA\/\u200b Canada)
                \nCorinna Spott
                \nFriede Springer
                \nOleksandr Sushko, Executive Director, Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Renais\u00adsance Foundation (Ukraine)
                \nNicolas Tenzer, Guest professor at Sciences Po Paris (France)
                \nSebastian Turner
                \nAndreas Umland, Analyst, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)
                \nCaroline von Gall, German Associ\u00adation for Eastern European Studies
                \nBarbara von Ow-Freytag, Journalist & expert on Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia (Germany)
                \nKarolina Wigura, Kultura Liberalna Foundation, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Liberal Modernity (Poland\/\u200bGermany)
                \nGuntram Wolff, Professor of Economics at the Solvay Brussels School of Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles (Belgium
                \nJan Zielonka, Ralf Dahrendorf Profes\u00adsorial Fellow at St Antony\u2019s College (UK)
                \nMichael Z\u00fcrn, Political scientist (Germany)<\/p>\n

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