A Russian victory would herald a new age of instability, economic fragmentation, hunger for millions and social unrest
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Imageshe contrast was startling. In New York, António Guterres, the UN secretary general, launched a belated, desperately needed“At this time of great peril and consequence, he [Guterres] would like to discuss urgent steps to bring about peace,” his spokesman said. The UN chief, he revealed, was proposing immediate, in-person talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.
This gaping disconnect is doubly disturbing. It suggests lack of coordination between the UN chief and a permanent member of the UN security council on how best to proceed. It also: diverging, sometimes opposing, occasionally self-serving, approaches to the crisis by western leaders who have hitherto trumpeted their unity of purpose.
Johnson supports a free, independent Ukraine but, like other alliance leaders, appears to lack a thought-through, long-term plan to achieve it
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