Tocqueville and Ukraine: European Union, Freedom, and Responsibility As Russia pushed into Ukraine, we learned that Germany was still preparing to ship 5,000 helmets [https://nypost.com/2022/02/25/germany-finally-sends-helmets-to-ukraine-after-putins-invasion/] to the besieged European country. The US, meanwhile, had already sent $2.5 billion in military aid [https://www.rand.org/blog/2022/01/us-military-aid-to-ukraine-a-silver-bullet.html] Eric Clifford Graf 2 Mar 2022 · 8 min read