“Ukraine really needs heavy weapons to achieve the parity of military resources with Russia. But this is a very difficult question, since Russia is a large country with a large number of weapons that fights with a smaller country that has fewer resources. What the Kremlin does In Ukraine, it is just terrible! ”” Said Susan Elliott, president and chief executive director of the National Foreign Policy Committee on foreign policy.
According to her, in the West they clearly hear Zelensky’s calls to put the weapons to Ukraine precisely in those segments where the advantage is on the side of Russia.
“President Baiden does everything to help Ukraine, – Susan Ellitt emphasized.“ And, although the President’s decision on Lend -Lis has not yet entered into force, the United States will supply a lot of weapons for free of charge. America is the main weapons donor for Ukraine today “.
Elliot also noted that the sanctions against Russia, which are one of the instruments of pressure on Moscow, have not yet been given the expected effect. They negatively affect Russians, to Europeans, but not on Putin President. According to the executive director of the US National Foreign Policy Committee, the entire complex of current sanctions should be adopted back in 2008, when Russia invaded Georgia. Then the effect would be much stronger, since Russia in those years was more vulnerable to the embargo, and this may prevent the current aggression against Ukraine.
as a diplomat, I advocate the end of the war in Ukraine through peaceful negotiations, ”Susan Elliott emphasized.“ I think that the willingness of the West cancel all the sanctions in the event of Russian troops allocated to positions until February 24, 2022 may become one of the conditions of the cessation Wars. The USA and Europe do not want to fight with Russia. But what is happening in Ukraine is unacceptable in the modern world. And the collective West will have to find some solutions to stop Putin for whom sanctions is clearly not a reason to stop the occupation of Ukraine ” .
Speaking about the position of Germany, Eliot said that the former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel made a lot of mistakes that put the Germans and other European countries in a difficult position with the provision of energy resources.
unfortunately, Putin got away with it, ”strugged Susan Elliott.“ The seizure of part of Georgia, the annexation of Crimea, the occupation of Donbass, the war in Syria … Russian aggression in Ukraine showed that the EU and NATO should change the approach and attitude and attitude To the challenges in the modern world. “