Russo-Ukrainian War Now a Reality
Category: WORLDPOST
Now is the time for the West -- whether NATO, the United States, or individual European states --to provide or sell the high-tech weaponry Ukraine needs to defend itself effectively. The argument against such a move -- that it would provoke a Russian escalation--is no longer valid, now that Russia has escalated. A well-armed Ukraine could stop Putin from embarking on any of these more alarming scenarios.
By Alexander Motyl, ContributorUkrainian-American Political Scientist, Rutgers University, 2014-08-29