It’s not enough in any military confrontation. You cannot win a small skirmish, you cannot win especially large war like the one in Ukraine only being defensive.
Andrei Kozyrev: “It’s not enough in any military confrontation. You cannot win a small skirmish, you cannot win especially large war like…”
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Kozyrev discusses the necessity of offensive weapons for Ukraine's success.
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But to keep sanctions before Russia becomes a normal country, a country to which you can rely to follow the rules, very simple rules. Otherwise, it will repeat itself every two, three years down the road.
Any dictator or any authoritarian, they suffer from the same problem that they surround themselves with boot licker, so to say our, Yes, men. And those Yes, men, they are afraid just to report.
The Kremlin spent the last 20 years trying to modernize its military, but much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega yachts in Cyprus.
The West should not even think of coming back to business as usual with Russia. They have to free themselves from their dependence on Russian oil and gas.