Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already lasted more than two months and it is still unknown when it will end or how it will end.
Moscow invaded the former Soviet republic on February and initially made rapid advances in the south, with the main goal of creating a land corridor between Crimea, which it annexed in 2014, and areas held by Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Russian forces continued towards kyiv, but withdrew in early April.
Since then, Russia has refocused its efforts on taking control of the eastern and southern Ukraine.
The port city of Mariupol, which has been surrounded since the beginning of March, is now largely under the control of Russian forces.
In this context, Europe is attentive to what is happening, especially the countries closest geographically to Russia. sia.
Sweden and Finland, for example, are thinking about ceasing to be neutral and joining NATO, the military alliance of European countries, Canada and the United States.
One of the NATO member countries that shares a border with Russia is Estonia and its prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said in an interview with the BBC that this time they should not “make the mistake” to leave the Russian government unpunished for the invasion, because that leaves the message that “aggression pays off”.
What are the objectives of West?
The West should aim for Ukraine to win this war and for Putin to lose it. Why? Because if there is some kind of peace agreement and there is some kind of Cold War, everyone stays where they are. from the land of the neighbors by force, but you also get the appeasement in the end. We must not allow that.
At this time, the West should provide Ukraine with the military aid it needs to fight Russia, so that Russia is driven out and let that message be left behind.
By Therefore, ?it’s not just about Russia being forced to retreat to where it was before 24 February?
That is still aggression.
The comments of them
We have already made the mistake three times of knowing that Russia is using force against Ukraine and then they stay [en el territorio].
Everyone says that we have to try to prevent them from advancing and that we forget about Crimea. What happens then is that aggression pays off. There is a pause of one year, two years, and then everything will continue. The atrocities will continue. Human suffering will continue. And we shouldn’t make that mistake again.
Clearly we have to get this message across that aggression never pays. It is a clear signal also for all the dictators of the world who may have an appetite for their neighbors or their neighbors’ territories, and for Russia as well.
It is important to understand that although the Soviet Union collapsed, their imperialist dream never did because they were not punished.
Nazi crimes have been widely condemned, but the communist crimes and the imperialist dream they support of Stalinism, which brought great atrocities to many countries, are not condemned.
Many millions were killed, and that is why that there is great support in Russia for the steps that Putin is taking. We shouldn’t go through with this.
L People are afraid of what Russia might do militarily, and that is if the Russians are pushed against the wall… we have seen l Putin’s threats about a lightning-fast response to what NATO is doing. Is spoken on a possible third world war, about the possible nuclear deployment, that there are risks in taking such a maximalist approach to war goals in Ukraine.
First of all, they are not pushed against the wall, but pushed back to Russia. That is the point, that they are currently in a sovereign country and they are trying to take over it. They should be pushed back to where they came from.
The second thing I said is that we’ve already made this mistake several times. The arguments have been exactly the same: “Let’s not provoke Russia. What else could they do? And what happens? They forgive each other and they do all these things again, because they get away with aggression. The first time, the second time, the third time. That is why we must not make the same mistake again.
And third, the threats that you mention of part of Russia, they are doing it to scare us. They are very good at playing with fears, we are influenced by that fear, and we shouldn’t.
To what extent are you worried a? Muchos saysn that this war happened to a new wear phase. There is every chance that it will continue at least until the end of this year, possibly well into next year, that the West,
Of course, maintaining unity is getting harder as we go. When this war started, everyone was surprised, but that feeling fades.
Furthermore, we imposed sanctions that were only painful for Russia, but now they are also painful for the other side. That means for us too.
And of course, as we are all democracies, it is getting more and more difficult to find that common approach and answer, but I think we have to work hard to achieve it . We have to try to maintain this unity because united we are strong, and divided is something that Russia really wants to see. We shouldn’t give them that. We must keep this unit.
Are you disappointeda for some of the reactions after Russia le
Of course we have to have a united position, but at the same time, when I say this, I also understand the difficult decisions faced by different democratic leaders , because for those countries that have much better neighbors than us, it is very difficult to explain to people why one or another step could harm them with higher prices, why this type of step is necessary.
But I think we all need to understand that our neighbors’ problems today are our problems tomorrow, which means that if you don’t turn off Let’s say the fire is happening in our neighbor’s house, our house could catch on fire. Even if it seems to some countries that it is far away, it is not. It is our common European security that is at issue here.
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