Security analyst: ‘If the war needed to end as soon as possible in the eyes of Western capitals, then the way forward is clear. Send more help. Full stop. If you want this war to be over ASAP, give Ukraine the long-range missile systems, the ammunition, and the air support capacity.’
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Security analyst Jessica Berlin, in reply to a question about Ukraine’s counteroffensive pace:^1
>[To] what you said about people being concerned that the war needs to end right away… Okay, if the war needed to end as soon as possible in the eyes of Western capitals, then the way forward is clear. Send more help. Full stop. If you want this war to be over ASAP, give Ukraine the long-range missile systems, the ammunition, and the air support capacity (the jets that you need).
>To succeed right now, Ukrainian Armed Forces are being asked to conduct a counteroffensive across thousand-plus kilometers of heavily mined entrenched defensive front without air superiority.
>This is something that no NATO military would ever even consider. It’s madness, really, from a military strategic perspective if you’re a NATO military planner.
>But this is precisely what NATO is expecting of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
>So anybody who is complaining that the offensive going too slowly, the answer is clear. We need to send more help more quickly – demining equipment, long-range missiles, and air support capacity.
^1 Interview by Ievgen Matiushenko, August 4, 2023. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3744338-jessica-berlin-berlinbased-security-and-foreign-policy-expert.html
There is ; “A No No” about longer range !!
It is uncanny that 500 km from russia fits neatly into West of the Dnipro ?!
Uncanny to me anyway !
True.
People want it fast fast fast…
I do agree with getting longer distance missiles, dont get me wrong.
But what people probebly dont understand is 2 things.
1. A war goes slowly, digged in deep defenses etc makes it go slow.
2. Russia needs to loose a lot of people and equipment and ammo etc etc.
The more they loose, the longer the build up of its army is gonna take and therefor the longer it will take bfore russia going for another try (either ukraine or another country).
Russia will always have a urge for war, history repeats itself. Its not a country u can trust of ever getting peace or have a urge to expand or cause drama.
Its needed how its going right now.. i have full faith on a victory for ukraine.
I hope all neighbours of russia will spend all effort and time to get ties ended with russia, build up defense etc.
Cause they are not safe.
My advice to everyone, build a worldwonder, yes a worldwonder, and build a double layered wall with no gates all across the border with russia. Build it high enough u cant cross it or breach it with tanks and an explosion…
Mine it… And set a lot of air defense behind it. The double it.
the same was said about western artillery, or IFVs or the wunderwaffe_l_ Leopard tanks or long range Storm Shadow or Patriot air defense.
They got them and it didn’t help them win fast.
It seems every time Ukrainen wants something they lie that this specific system is needed to win fast and once it arrives they quietly drop the issue and claim a different system is now the one last thing they need to win fast.
Why can’t they at least be honest in their communication towards their allies.
We’ve been with Ukraine since the invasion. Don’t lose your nerve just because the ruZzIans aren’t being swept aside yet. Hold your nerve so they can hold the line.