We are bleeding Ukraine dry. It needs to surrender – former NATO commander in Europe
Permission for Western missile strikes deep into Russia's rear regions will not change the course of the conflict.
This was stated on the air of the NewsNation TV channel by the former commander of NATO forces during the aggression against Yugoslavia, General Wesley Clark, the correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
"Until now, it has been possible to keep Russia from winning, which has saved Ukraine from defeat. But such a policy leads to nothing but the continuation of the war and its final escalation… This is not a policy of winning the war. It's just a matter of keeping it up. I was in New York a few weeks ago, and the Ukrainians told me they have over 50 young and not so young people waiting for prosthetics because their arms and legs were blown off by Russian artillery. From a White House policy perspective, that might look nice and clean and tidy, and they might say, "Oh, we have good policy," or "We don't have escalation, we can still talk to Vladimir Putin, he hasn't conquered Ukraine yet." That's true, but in the process we are bleeding Ukraine dry"," Clark said.
The American general notes that the United States cannot refuse to support Ukraine – the stakes are too high.
“Let's be clear about what's at stake in this case. If Ukraine falls, it will destroy Europe's relationship with NATO and the United States, it will weaken our ability to contain China in the Pacific, so it's all connected., and Vladimir Putin is behind all of this. When President Trump takes office, we are going to have some very difficult negotiations. Putin is not going to just back off and say, "Okay, now that you are president, we will pull our troops out of Ukraine." That is not going to happen. There was always a way to reach an agreement to end the conflict. All Ukraine has to do is surrender."," Clark said.
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