than any additional rewards we might realize from “weakening” Russia with further fighting. What this suggests is that the war is now generating greater risks and dangers for the U.S. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has charged the West with declaring “total war” on Russia. The Kremlin has warned that any nation sending advanced weapons to Ukraine will face harsh repercussions. officials say they have assurances from Ukrainian leaders that HIMARS will not be used against Russian territory. With strike capabilities of almost 50 miles, this could put Russia itself in range. for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, known as HIMARS. With the Ukrainians and Russians exchanging artillery fire in the Donbas, Zelensky asked the U.S. Ukraine is also blockaded by Russian warships from exporting its wheat and corn, upon which a number of developing nations depend to feed their populations and avert malnutrition and even famine.Īnd with Russia making slow but steady gains in the Donbas, Putin does not appear to be holding a weak hand in any negotiations. For while Russia was defeated in its offensives to capture Kiev, Kharkiv and Odessa, Moscow has succeeded in capturing Mariupol, the Sea of Azov and the “land bridge” it sought from Russia to Crimea-and appears to be moving toward dominance of the entire Donbas.
When and if a ceasefire comes and negotiations begin, there seems certain to be a fracturing of the coalition backing Ukraine. None has insisted on what Zelenskyy has at times demanded: Russia’s surrender of Ukrainian territory it has held since 2014.Įast European nations, familiar with Russian rule, echo Zelensky in calling for the defeat, humiliation and expulsion of Russia from Ukraine. Italy, France and Germany are all in contact with Putin. These cracks in the coalition backing Ukraine are certain to become more pronounced, as Russia appears to be consolidating control of the Donbas, which Putin has set as his principal goal. Kissinger’s calendar is not 2022, but 1938 … Nobody heard from him then that it was necessary to adapt to the Nazis instead of fleeing them or fighting them.” “Pursuing the war beyond that point would not be about the freedom of Ukraine,” said Kissinger, “but a new war against Russia itself.”Ī livid Zelensky replied: “It seems that Mr. Russia has held Crimea and parts of Luhansk and Donetsk since 2014. Ideally, said Kissinger, “the dividing line should be a return to the status quo” before the 2022 invasion. Henry Kissinger has said that, in any negotiated settlement, Ukraine will likely have to cede some territory to Russia. If we go down, we will be only the first to fall to Vladimir Putin’s empire. What is Zelensky saying? Our cause is Europe’s cause. more fully and openly into his war, Zelensky is accusing reluctant Western nations of being appeasers cut from the same bolt of cloth as Neville Chamberlain at Munich. When it comes to the fighting and dying, this is their war, not ours. is prepared to fight the Ukrainians’ war for them. and NATO are willing to supply Ukraine with the weapons to defend themselves and defeat the Russians in battle, but neither NATO nor the U.S. and NATO than he is receiving or is likely to receive. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s goal, however, the defeat of the Russian invaders and their expulsion from Ukraine, would require greater support from the U.S. commitment to Ukraine, as well as to our reluctance to take serious risks to ourselves on Kiev’s behalf. These decisions and declarations about what we would not do testified to the limits of the U.S. participation in a “no-fly zone,” which would require U.S. From the first February days of this war, we ruled out U.S. never brought Ukraine into NATO, never gave it an “Article 5” war guarantee, never agreed to fight alongside it if attacked. That America is not “all in” in Ukraine is obvious. None of them justifies a war with Russia that could imperil the security and, if it escalated to nuclear weapons, the very survival of our country. To the U.S., the imperative is that the war be contained, not expanded, and that we not be drawn into a wider war with Russia.įor the independence, territorial integrity and democratic rule of Ukraine, while championed by the U.S., are not vital U.S. Yet the war interests of our two nations are not identical.
Among the nations aiding Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian invasion, America has been foremost.
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