US-Medical Secretary of the Conderase Rice and former Pentagon chief Robert Gates urge the US authorities to provide Ukraine more effective military assistance and do it immediately. This is stated in their letter, which was published by the newspaper Washington Post.
C reference to personal acquaintance with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the authors of the letter claim that the Russian Commander -in -Chief is intentionally trying to delay the war in Ukraine in order to extract Ukrainian troops and outline the powerful support provided by Kyiv from the United States and the countries of the European Union. So, any delay and delay in assisting the Ukrainian people find themselves in the hands of Moscow, Rice and Gates say.
“Of course, while the war continues, the Russian economy will experience a decline, and the Russian people will be numerous deprivations, the authors of the appeal write. – But the Russians have happened to worry and where the worst times.”
In the coordinates of Vladimir Putin, the defeat of Russian troops in Ukraine is impossible and unacceptable, Rice and Gates continue, and therefore he is ready to wait for time to win.
Having announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, Moscow will make to at least keep the seized positions and at some point to resume the offensive – as happened earlier, the authors recall.
At the same time, the authors continue, although Ukraine has rendered a heroic rebuff to the Russian invasion, and the country’s armed forces proved to be brilliantly, the Ukrainian economy is in decline, millions of people are forced to escape from the country, its infrastructure has been destroyed, a significant part of Ukrainian deposits minerals, industrial capacities and fertile lands are under the control of Russia.
“Currently, the military potential and economics of Ukraine are in full depending on the help of the West – first of all, on the United States, the authors remind. – but the military conflict has come to a dead end, and the pressure with the Kyiv authorities intensifies with that to force Ukraine to start peace negotiations and achieve the establishment of a truce.
“In the current circumstances, any ceasefire agreement will leave Russia a strong position to resume the invasion when it is ready. This is unacceptable,” Rais and Gates are sure.
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In their opinion, the only way to avoid such a scenario is a resolutely to build military supplies to Ukraine and its defensive abilities sufficient to prevent a new Russian offensive and allow Ukraine to discard Russian troops in the south and east.
Rice and Gates with approval write about the consent of the US administration finally provide Ukraine with Bradley fighting vehicles, although they call this decision belated. Ukraine also needs wider possibilities for observation and intelligence. All of the above should be provided to her for weeks, and not stretch for months, the authors will summarize.