Autopiloting into War
With $50bn and security deals, G7 tries to arm Ukraine against Western voters
The Group of Seven leading democracies formalized a U.S. plan to let Ukraine use Russia’s own assets to buy Western arms to repel Russia’s invasion.
Rather than simply turn over seized Russian funds to Kyiv, however, the plan hands Ukraine $50 billion in Western cash in the form of a loan, which it must repay using interest on $260 billion in Russian fun…