WASHINGTON: European allies are moving beyond emergency military aid to Ukraine toward long-term defence industrial partnerships as Russia’s war grinds on, a shift that is also prompting efforts to diversify global supply chains away from China, with India cited as part of that discussion, officials and experts said here.
Testifying before the US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, speakers on Thursday highlighted the “Danish model, ” an approach pioneered by Denmark that channels foreign funding directly into Ukraine’s defence industry rather than relying mainly on stockpile donations or third-country purchases.
“From a Danish perspective, strengthening our own defence and supporting Ukraine is not mutually exclusive, but part of the same solution to strengthen European defence and security, ” said Major General Karsten F. Jensen, Danish Defence Attaché to the United States.