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So we can expect Russian proxies to cause mischief in Africa and the Middle East. He will sponsor Grey Zone operations in Europe, including sabotage, disinformation, hacking, and he will interfere in our democratic processes,
China and North Korea’s massive military inventories could help Putin to regenerate his armed forces in less than five years, ... However long it takes, a re-constituted Russia would be more lethal, bolder, and less easy to deter."
Even if Putin was content to halt his army where it is now and allow a buffer zone to be established between Russian and Ukrainian forces, he would still be active elsewhere. He wants payback for the support the West has given to Ukraine,
What I'm saying is for people watching, thinking why are we supporting the Ukrainians? It's because otherwise our collective security will be really degraded by a resurgent Russia threatening all sorts of parts of Europe."
Now is the moment to do it so Europe can fill the gap. But we have got to do it quickly."
We can't simply abandon Ukraine to Putin just because Trump's in power. We've been playing a critical role, and I think we could play an even more critical role by working with European friends, bringing together European countries so we can increase the aid to Ukraine, and pay for that by seizing Russian assets properly. We've been pushing for that for some time."
Davey echoed Johnson's statements and said We will then have to pay to send British troops to help defend Ukraine."
Describing this scenario, Johnson added Donald Trump has lots of different voices in his ears and there's a front of the Republican Party, quite a lot of them actually, who take the wrong line on Ukraine."
Johnson also spoke of Trump's views of Ukraine, and his influences within the Republican Party and said This is the same Trump who made a huge difference to the fortunes of Ukraine when he authorized the supply of the Javelin shoulder-launched antitank weapons."
A DMZ would not end the war on anyone's terms other than Russia's,
It's hard for me to imagine any European military forces participating in demilitarized zones,
Creating a DMZ, no matter what it looks like, will give Russian forces an excuse to rest and reset and plan their next invasion,
Demilitarized zones sound better than they function in real life,
said Mark Cancian, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel and a senior adviser with the U.S. think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, 'Well we can only have peace if we have Crimea,' he shows to us that he's not serious,
Everyone understands that no matter what path we take, legally no one will recognize the occupied territories as belonging to other countries.”
In October, President Volodymyr Zelensky, discussing a cease-fire, said Talks should be based on guarantees,
said Roman Kostenko, the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Defense and Intelligence Committee The territorial question is extremely important, but it’s still the second question, ... The first question is security guarantees.”
Certainly, dealing with Russian aggression in Ukraine, handling this situation, will not be easy – I think we all know that,
We can do training and other support but the barrel of the gun is going to be European... and we are not paying for it
one source was quoted as saying What it probably looks like is something like the current line of demarcation between Russia and Ukraine becomes like a demilitarised zone, heavily fortified for the Russians don't invade again,
Vance told the former Seal on his podcast
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