{"id":102126,"date":"2024-02-25T02:17:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T02:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/ukraine-russia-war-the-west-is-proving-woefully-slow-at-solving-critical-problem-in-sending-weapons-to-kyiv-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T02:17:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T02:17:55","slug":"ukraine-russia-war-the-west-is-proving-woefully-slow-at-solving-critical-problem-in-sending-weapons-to-kyiv-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/ukraine-russia-war-the-west-is-proving-woefully-slow-at-solving-critical-problem-in-sending-weapons-to-kyiv-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine-Russia war: The West is proving woefully slow at solving critical problem in sending weapons to Kyiv | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s president is said to have turned down a US offer to be evacuated with the words: “I need ammunition, not a ride.”<\/p>\n

Two years on, Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> is still standing firm – but so too is his urgent need for weapons and ammunition, everything from bullets to fighter jets.<\/p>\n

The UK and other Western allies rushed in support for the military during the first weeks of the war, with British and American anti-tank missiles playing a key role in enabling Ukrainian troops to fend off a Russian attempt to capture the capital Kyiv.<\/p>\n

However, Western willingness to arm Ukraine has consistently lagged behind the requirement, in part because of concerns about giving too much capability and igniting a direct confrontation between NATO and Moscow – two nuclear-armed foes.<\/p>\n

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Those nerves have belatedly eased over time, helped by relentless lobbying by Mr Zelenskyy and an understanding that defending Ukraine is vital for wider European security.<\/p>\n

As a result, Ukrainian commanders have received increasingly powerful weapons, from tanks and multiple rocket launchers to longer-range missiles and the promise of warplanes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A bigger challenge now, though, is the West’s capacity to keep delivering.<\/p>\n

Decades of defence cuts in the UK and other European allies since the end of the Cold War, coupled with a reduction in physical production lines to manufacture new weapons and ammunition, mean that stockpiles in Europe in particular are running worryingly low<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Efforts are under way to revive what is known as the military industrial base but they are woefully slow compared to what the Russian side is doing.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Putin<\/strong> put his economy on a war-footing, ramping up production of arms, while also striking deals with fellow dictatorships such as Iran<\/strong> and North Korea<\/strong> to import weapons from them.<\/p>\n

It means his ability to rearm Russian forces is far greater than the West’s ability to re-equip the Ukrainians, even though the combined strength of the economies of NATO’s 31 – soon to be 32 – member states is some 25 times that of Russia.<\/p>\n

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Another major hazard is what direction the United States chooses to take.<\/p>\n

By far the biggest and most powerful of Ukraine’s backers, US military support has been fundamental to Kyiv’s war-effort.<\/p>\n

Joe Biden<\/strong> is clear that maintaining this assistance is vital, not just for Ukraine, but for the wider democratic world.<\/p>\n

However, domestic political rows in the US Congress have held up the approval of a key funding package. There is also uncertainty about upcoming US elections and what a potential second Donald Trump<\/strong> presidency might mean for future support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Entering his third year of full-scale war, Mr Zelenskyy will need to intensify the pressure even further on his allies to turn words of solidarity into more weapons.<\/p>\n

Summing up the dilemma at a conference in Munich this month, he said: “Please do not ask Ukraine when the war will end. Ask yourself: ‘Why is Putin still able to continue it?'”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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