More weapons for Ukraine. This war can only end in Putin's defeat
No agreement "land in exchange for peace" will not be, even if it was offered Putin and even if it could be trusted - and this is not. Since the war may Only in one way, the question is how quickly we will come to its inevitable completion. In favor of all, including Russia, that the Kurtin by Putin's adventure fell as soon as possible. Not 2025, not 2024, but 2023- th. The world cannot continue to watch Ukrainians terrorize rockets and drones.
It is a moral abomination that millions of people at night remain without heating, light or water, not to mention the constant and non -chosen murder of civilians. And the longer Putin will continue his senseless attacks, the longer global economic bleeding will continue. There is a serious danger of self -esteem about delay.
For anyone who depends on the supply of Russian gas, this winter will be very difficult, but thanks to the huge organizational work on the creation of gas supplies, we will experience it. The big problem is the next winter of 2023-2024, when these stocks will be exhausted and it will be more difficult to replenish them. Recently put into operation, liquefied gas terminals will not yet be connected to the network.
Some European countries are in a hurry to increase the capacity of marine wind power, but it will not be ready either; And we will definitely not have more civilian nuclear reactors. Are we really going to wait and let everything go to the Putin to return some of his levers? It is time to consider urgently what can still do an event to help Ukrainians achieve their military goals - or at least expel Russians from all territories captured in 2022.
This is the only reliable basis on which you can start talking about the future. Ukrainians have the routine necessary for success. They testified it. They just need weapons. The contribution of America is already huge - at least $ 17 billion in military assistance. The UK has allocated about £ 2. 3 billion. Other countries have intensified. I know that these expenses are painful during budget restrictions, but time is money, and the longer it will last, the more we will pay for military support.
Let's divide the burden and speed up the solution. First, we will provide the Ukrainians with the necessary assistance against air attacks. Kiev needs unmanned aerial vehicles to identify drones and missiles, as well as anti -aircraft missiles to destroy them. The drones have the same engines as Vespa scooters, so the planes that will knock them down should not be high. As one Ukrainian told me, "Spitfire would come.
" We no longer produce Spitfire in the UK, but in many countries there are planes that could do this work. There is a report that Putin has started installing ordinary warheads on nuclear winged missiles - this may indicate that he lacks drones and missiles. It's just an assumption but we can't afford to wait to check it.
As the former US national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMister has recently told me, Ukrainians should be able to neutralize arrows, but they also have to dispose of the archer. They need a greater radius of action such as ATACMS that would allow them to target the launchers, and they also need armored vehicles and tanks to quickly conquer their land. I am aware of the bored counter -argument that increasing supplies to Ukraine is threatened with escalation.
We do not dare to risk "not annoy the Russian bear. " Fortunately, after almost a year of this terrible conflict, we see that it is full of bullshit. Putin knows that he cannot use nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction. He knows about the consequences. However, he is afraid of escalation. It was not the threat from the organization of the North Atlantic Treaty. This decades of apathy and indecision of the West on the status of Ukraine prompted the bandit to make a mistake.