Curtailing aid to Ukraine will only prolong the war, Mr Zelensky argues. And it would create risks for the West in its own backyard. There is no way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned. Ukrainians have generally “behaved well” and are “very grateful” to those who sheltered them. They will not forget that generosity. But it would not be a “good story” for Europe if it were to “drive these people into a corner”.

  • Addfwyn
    542·
    9 months ago

    Curtailing aid to Ukraine will only prolong the war, Mr Zelensky argues.

    Without foreign military aid, how would Ukraine be able to prolong the conflict? An army with no weapons and rapidly dwindling manpower is hardly an army, they’d be forced to sue for peace.

    Imagine begging for billions of dollars in aid and then threatening to somehow activate sleeper refugees as terrorists if countries don’t comply. Would the refugees even listen, surely the vast majority of people fleeing the country aren’t the nationalistic type. Otherwise they’d have been running in the other direction.

    • Shrike502
      381·
      9 months ago

      He’s probably implying the widespread idea that “if putler is not stopped here, WHERE WIIIIIL HE STOOP??!!!”. I’m sure you have seen a variation of it already. The notion that suing for peace is “appeasement” and if Russia is not crushed in Ukraine, its armies will march across Europe

    • lorty
      26·
      9 months ago

      In theory they could turn it into a prolongued guerrilla warfare, although I’m not sure their leadership could rally people towards that.

      • Shrike502
        211·
        9 months ago

        Running terror groups would likely require less people - just look at the drone bombings of various Russian areas, the bombings of journalists (Darya Dugina and the fellow in Petersburg whose name I forgot), attempted bombing of Zakhar Prilepin all the way in Niznhy Novgorod region