NATO chief: “Ukraine war could last for years… support cannot be stopped” (comprehensive)

In Donbas, where the fighting between Ukraine and Russia is intensifying, some areas are occupied by Russian forces.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who visited Kiiu last week, said earlier that he had to prepare for a long war.

In an article for the British Sunday Times, he also mentioned that it should be ensured that “the Ukrainian military receives weapons and equipment more quickly than Russia” for this purpose.

The Washington Post (WP), a daily US daily, also reported on the 17th that there is a prospect that Ukraine and Russia can continue a state of confrontation for an ultra-long period without an ‘end of the war’ just like the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

The WP introduced that the war has not officially ended since the two Koreas signed an armistice in 1953, and that the level of conflict sometimes soars at the border between the two Koreas (the armistice line) where heavily armed soldiers are deployed.

He pointed out that if the confrontation between the currently occupied territory of Russia and the rest of the Ukrainian-controlled territory becomes prolonged, there is a possibility that a structure similar to that of the North-South confrontation on the Korean Peninsula will be formed between the two regions.

The WP also analyzed that it would be difficult for Ukraine to defeat Russian forces in the eastern Donbas region, where the recent fierce battle is taking place.

Although the Ukrainian military is receiving support from the West for military supplies and has a high morale, it may be best to endure a ‘stalemate’ that is practically not behind the Russian army in terms of size and strength.

Accordingly, the West is preparing for a prolonged war by constantly sending aid supplies to prevent Ukraine from being defeated.

Ukraine’s victory is far from over, but it’s an effort to prevent the worst possible outcome if Ukraine loses.

“At this deadlock, America has only sober options, either to help Ukraine continue to bleed, or to cut aid and endure Russia’s victory,” said Aibo Dalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, and chair of the Chicago Board of International Affairs. To cut off support is to throw Ukraine into a pack of wolves,” he said.

The US has no choice but to continue providing aid to Ukraine despite adverse effects such as a global economic recession or a food crisis in order to prevent catastrophe that Russian President Vladimir Putin spreads beyond Ukraine to neighboring NATO member states.

A high-ranking State Department official said, “The situation is difficult. We don’t give a damn about how we’ll get through such a storm. What we use as a lighthouse is really for the United States and our allies and allies when Russia achieves its ambitions. “It’s going to have bad consequences,” he said.

id@yna.co.kr

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