We all know that this year Ukraine is finding it harder to liberate its occupied territories than last year. Increasingly, there are warnings (from the Ukrainian General V.Zaluzhnyi to the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis) that the war could become a war of entrenchment, which only benefits Russia.
Western allies of the nation are overstating the fears and failing to truly recognise the benefits
As Ukraine struggles to survive Russia’s relentless onslaught, the G7 countries are still debating the transfer of frozen Russian reserves to Ukraine. Some hesitate because of supposed risks to financial stability.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian state assets, frozen in the West after the full-scale invasion began, could potentially aid Ukraine. These efforts received a new boost from the United States after the Biden administration proposed to approve a strategy to transfer these assets to Ukraine.
The “anti-Western front” is forming, and we are divided & apathetic – what did I miss in my list?
Parts of the far right and the far left, as well as religious extremists, are united in favor of Anti-Western ideas & regimes like Iran and Russia.
When Ukrainian Patriot missile air defenses repeatedly shoot down the Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, a missile the Kremlin describes with Wunderwaffe– (wonder-weapon) like terminology, it is not just saving its military and civilians from the damage the enemy seeks to cause.