Kiev is right to plan for a long conflict, and the West must keep paying for it, Radoslaw Sikorski has said<\/p>\n
Western nations should prepare to continue bankrolling Ukraine\u2019s war effort against Russia for at least three more years, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said during a visit to London.
\nSikorski, a longtime advocate of hardline policies toward Moscow, made the remarks on Tuesday while discussing the so-called \u201cdrone wall\u201d \u2013 a proposed European network of air defense and surveillance systems to counter alleged Russian threats. Speaking to reporters, he claimed that sustained Western aid could put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
\n\u201cThe Ukrainians are planning this war for three years, which is prudent,\u201d Sikorski said. \u201cAnd we must convince Putin that we are ready to stay the course for at least those three years.\u201d
\nHe added that the West\u2019s priority should be ensuring Ukraine has the resources to maintain its state institutions, army, and defense industry, claiming that \u201cthen Russia can be made to change course.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Sikorski asserted that a Russian victory is preventable, repeating the claim that if Moscow\u2019s military were truly powerful, it would have captured Ukraine \u201cin three days\u201d \u2013 a talking point frequently invoked by Ukrainian officials to justify continued Western funding.
\nRussia has described the conflict as an existential struggle against NATO, arguing that Ukrainian troops are effectively acting as a proxy force for the US-led military bloc. Moscow maintains that Kiev\u2019s European backers are prolonging the hostilities to avoid admitting the failure of their broader strategy toward Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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