Ukrainian forces need the weapons to pursue a rapid victory over Russia, according to the United Kingdom’s top diplomat, who warned NATO allies to brace for Kremlin threats if Ukraine enjoys success.
“This is the time, if we want to bring this to a successful conclusion — and, of course, we should, and we do — we should look to bring it to a conclusion quickly,” British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told a Center for Strategic and International Studies audience in Washington. “We need to intensify our support at this point in time, whilst Russia has been on the back foot to give the Ukrainians the tools that they need to get the job done.
“We do need to ensure that we support the Ukrainians [with] that strategic endurance, that we demonstrate to Putin that we are going to stick with it,” he said. “Because if we don't, the message that we're sending to the world and to every potential aggressor around the world is that if you're willing to stick with it for a little bit longer than us, you will ultimately be victorious.
Putin intends to grow the Russian military to about 1.5 million troops, according to a new announcement by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The task of equipping those forces will be a difficult one, if Western officials can help it, due to sanctions designed to restrict Russian access to foreign supplies needed for arms manufacturing.
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