Opinion Ukraine can win this war - on these five conditions
The Ukrainian attack on the Russian airbase in Crimea last week has dragged attention back to a war which many in the West, including this country, have largely lost sight of. Rising interest rates, high fuel and energy costs, and election campaigns have reasserted domestic issues as the primary concerns in the minds of most Western citizens.
A Ukrainian combat engineer trains civilians in weaponry and potential roles as guerrilla fighters near Kyiv. Victory for Ukraine, once thought impossible, is not out of reach.In the early days of the war, the Ukrainians were given little chance of defending their country against the larger, and supposedly more capable, Russian army. Vladimir Putin planned a short, lightning war against his southern neighbour but instead drew Ukraine and the West into a bloody, expensive and prolonged conflict.
Since the beginning of the war, Western political support has been a crucial element of Ukraine’s defence. While it may have remained short of “boots on the ground”, Western support underpins the flow of weapons into the nation and an international coalition overseeing a regime of economic sanctions on Russia. Ensuring the West has the strategic patience to support Ukraine to the end will be a preoccupation of the Ukrainian government and its diplomats.
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