Russia seeks to occupy as many territories as possible, organize pseudo-referendums in them as a basis for annexation, and also tries to divide the unity of the West on the issue of support for Ukraine.
A number of American experts, military and diplomats called on the head of the White House, Joe Biden, to help Ukraine more precisely, that is, to increase the supply of weapons. On Wednesday, August 17 writes The Guardian.
At the same time, experts noted that in the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine “a decisive moment is coming, and the vital interests of the United States are at stake, among other things.”
In particular, among those who called for more active help in Ukraine: the former commanders-in-chief of NATO’s joint forces in Europe, Generals Philip Breedlove and Wesley Clark; former State Department and Pentagon official Dibra Kagan; former Ambassador to Finland and Turkey Eric Edelman, Dr. Evelyn Farkas, former US Under Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; Ambassador Daniel Fried, former Under Secretary of State for European Affairs; former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst; ex-commander of the US Army in Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges; former ambassador to Germany John Kornbloom; former Deputy Secretary of State David Kramer; former First Deputy Minister of Defense Yen Lodal; former Assistant Attorney General Robert McConnell; ex-ambassador-at-large for the former USSR Stephen Sestanovich; former US intelligence officer, security expert John Cypher; former ambassadors to Ukraine William Taylor and Marie Yovanovitch; former US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker; former Deputy Secretary General of NATO and Assistant to the Head of the Pentagon, US ex-ambassador to Russia and NATO Alexander Vershbow.
Responding to the US President, they noted that the States are already providing military and financial assistance to Ukraine, but stressed that this is not enough and still will not help Ukraine regain the occupied territories.
“Due to extreme caution not to provoke the rise of the Russian Federation (conventional or nuclear), we are actually giving up the initiative to Russian President Vladimir Putin and reducing the pressure on Moscow, which must stop its aggression and seriously wants to the negotiations. ,” said the signatories.
They also pointed out that the actions of the Russians were immoral, unacceptable, referring to the genocide of Ukrainians.
“American principles and interests require a strong response – enough to force the Russians to retreat as close as possible to the borders in February and make the price of war “expensive”. Now that Russian troops are trying to regroup in the east and prevent Ukraine’s attempt to retake Kherson in the south, Ukraine’s allies must remove all obstacles by giving Ukraine the tools it needs to gain of advantage.
At the same time, they stressed that other European countries, including the Baltic countries, are now under threat.
“With the right weapons and economic support, Ukraine is capable of defeating Russia. And if it does, it is more than likely that our military will have to risk their lives protecting US-backed allies who are also threatened by Russia,” they argued.
Experts have also drawn attention to the “truce” that Moscow claims. They emphasized that there is nothing to discuss with the enemy, and that the enemy is only using the so-called truce to regroup forces and prepare a new strike.
They note that Russia is now looking to occupy as much territory as possible, organize pseudo-referendums with them as a basis for annexation, and also try to divide the unity of the West on the issue of support for Ukraine, using gas blackmail before the approach. of winter and creates threats to global food security.
The signatories issue the Biden administration’s concerns that some actions could be too provocative for Putin and that, as national security adviser Jake Sullivan said, the White House wants to “avoid World War III.”
In their opinion, although Russia has repeatedly used nuclear threats, it should be remembered that the United States is also a nuclear state, and it is a strategic mistake to assume that nuclear deterrence is no longer working.
Remember that the President of Ukraine said that Russia does not want to end this war, and therefore all negotiations with this state are futile.
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