Ukraine¡¯s allies must stand firm in backing Kyiv or risk emboldening populist forces across Europe with a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Romania¡¯s prime minister said.
Marcel Ciolacu said his government will forge ahead with ¡°multidimensional support¡± for Ukraine even as European allies show signs of war fatigue, particularly with the Israel-Hamas conflict overshadowing Russia¡¯s invasion. The conflict in the Middle East is likely to be resolved sooner than the war next door to Romania, he said.
¡°Romania will continue to help Ukraine regardless of the political costs,¡± Ciolacu said in an interview in his office in Bucharest on Monday. ¡°These political costs are less important than the precedent a Russian victory would create.¡±
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