Less ‘European family’, more howitzers: Ukraine needs hardware, not cosy words | Peter Pomerantsev
www.theguardian.com
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:30:04 +0200
As Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares for possible negotiations, friends and neighbours should be gearing up for industrial warfareWhenever I come to Ukraine, I find words that have lost their essence elsewhere swell again with meaning.
The fight for freedom is not a pretentious slogan here, but just what you do every day.
Sovereignty is not a slippery abstraction, but the difference between deciding your own fate or having it decreed in Moscow.Its also in Ukraine that one realises that freedom and sovereignty exist in a collaborative relationship with others.
Ukraine is now defending its neighbours freedom from an advancing Russia.
Kyivs resistance is benefiting Taiwans freedom, too.
Meanwhile, without help especially from America Ukraine would still fight on but, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admits, would find it hard.
As speculations about negotiations and potential peace deals loom over 2025, the precise meaning of Ukraines relationships will need to be defined.
What does being an ally really mean today What is a true security order Will peace just mean, in the words of Olga Myrovych, CEO of the Lviv Media Forum, that Ukraine should rest in peace Continue reading...
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