The failure of Western leaders to stop the war will be a signal to others that borders are not being changed, the media said.
Russia is getting bold while the West just watches. Its fear of NATO, evident at the start of the invasion, is now being tempered by the impunity enjoyed by Vladimir Putin. Although the West has the resources to end the war on Ukraine’s terms, the West clearly has no will to win. This was reported in The New York Times.
The media say that for 2.5 years, Western leaders have repeatedly declared that they “stand by Ukraine,” but continue to treat the war as a local conflict for which they have certain obligations.
The West justifies this with the risk of provoking a nuclear escalation on Russia’s part. Likewise, the West has been unable to block Russia’s sources of economic power, despite numerous sanctions.
The media said that if Putin wins this war, the defeat for Ukraine is unplanned. A peace agreement on Moscow’s terms would be disastrous for Ukraine. It will lose about 20% of its territory and about 5 million people. But this loss will be dwarfed by the spectacular disruption of Putin’s original plan to occupy Kyiv and destroy Ukraine as a state. While it will be difficult for the West to find anything positive in all this.
The failure of Western leaders to prevent war in Europe or to successfully punish an aggressor will send a message to others that borders cannot be changed. The next conflict may take place on NATO territory. However, the main burden of responsibility will be borne by the United States, which first relied on Ukraine and then did not fulfill all its obligations.
Let’s remember that the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Markus Faber, said that Ukraine can use German weapons at its own discretion, because after the transfer they became Ukrainian.
Source: korrespondent
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