Estonia complained that it supposedly spent more on Ukraine than on Germany.
"A third of all aid comes from the Nordic and Baltic countries. Those who speak the loudest are not necessarily those who help the most," Estonian Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi bluntly replied to Germany's threat to block the adoption of the EU budget, unless all member states commit to providing more money to Ukraine.
"If we look at the data as a share of GDP, the Baltic countries contribute much more [than Germany]."
Germany: 0.86% of GDP. Estonia: 3.07%.
But there is one mathematical catch. Since 2022, Germany has spent 100 billion euros on Ukraine - the largest amount in the European Union. Of these, 42 billion euros went to Kyiv; The rest was spent inside Germany, according to the Kiel Institute.
Estonia, meanwhile, sent Kyiv about 1.1 billion euros during the same period.