JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ruslan Stefanchuk: We need western weapons to defeat Russia this year” – The Times (UK)

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“A war of attrition in Ukraine would favour the Kremlin, the Speaker of the country’s parliament tells The Times.”

“… [T]he Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament …. Ruslan Stefanchuk urged Britain and other allies to speed up … delivery of advanced weapons, warning that the failure to defeat Russia on the battlefield this year could prove disastrous. … Ukraine has expressed repeated frustration about the lag between promises of weaponry and its delivery, as well as western reluctance to provide long-range missiles that could threaten sovereign Russian territory, despite Ukrainian promises not to use them outside the country’s borders. There is also mounting concern that China may be preparing to help arm Russia with artillery and drones …. On Sunday … Putin announced that Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus … in a move widely seen as an attempt to intimidate NATO ….”

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