Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, calls the US choice to doubtlessly present Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine a welcome “escalation”, one which has clearly unsettled Vladimir Putin, even when it could not decisively alter the battlefield. Whereas the symbolism and strategic leverage of such weapons are vital: they may allow Ukraine to hold out asymmetrical warfare, concentrating on Russia’s oil manufacturing and refining capability, deepening its financial pressure. All of the whereas, Putin is biding for time and “being rewarded, unjustly” by Trump, with a gathering in a really symbolic European capital: Budapest, the place, “in a merciless twist of irony”, 1994 the US, UK, and Russia assured Ukraine’s safety in trade for nuclear disarmament.
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