The Ukraine war started with Western efforts at damage control. It’s now one that offers the West a chance to limit Russia’s expansionist ambitions
and other authoritarian leaders from future aggression, according to current and former Western officials and lawmakers.
Russia is refocusing its offensive in Ukraine on the Donbas region, following setbacks in Kyiv and other northern cities, where it was thwarted in the air and on the ground. But military experts say the landscape of the east could be advantageous for Moscow. Photo Illustration: Laura Kammermann Western governments say weapons supplies are being made by individual governments, not NATO itself. Western officials also say that it is for the Ukrainians to decide how they want to end the conflict—not outside powers.Kyiv wasn’t going to be defeated by a rapid Russian invasionUkrainian soldiers sitting on an armored military vehicle in the city of Severodonetsk, in the Donbas area, on April 7.
“It is not very useful to discuss any fundamental strategic issue before this battle is over,” Mr. Simes said. “Both sides, while avoiding reckless escalation, will do whatever they can to get this battle to turn in their favor.”
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