The U.S. and its allies have imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. But it appears that there’s a race between Russia’s military advancements and the sanctions that are crippling Moscow.
Arms deliveries to Ukraine slowed down previously, and now there is a “frantic effort” to help Ukraine keep up the fight, he said.
That, however, may create the conditions of a proxy war, CEIP’s Ohanyan said.
“It appears that unfortunately, [at] this point, sanctions and the military assistance work at cross purposes,” she said.
A deal can be made between Russia and Ukraine if Kyiv is willing to accept neutrality and take NATO membership off the table.
He pointed to a 2014 proposal that former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger published, presenting the idea of Ukraine being a neutral country instead of attempting to join NATO.
It is clear that President Zelenskyy is open to that idea, which is a major shift in Ukraine’s position for the sake of trying to save his country from further destruction.
Ukraine now understands that NATO doesn’t want to accept it into the alliance, and the country will not beg to be allowed into NATO. In other word, Ukraine is a threat to NATO for its ambition. Just a "Peaceful" thought.