During a rally in Conway, South Carolina, Former United States President Donald Trump said, “I did the same thing with NATO, and I made them pay. NATO went bankrupt until I came. You said everyone would pay. They said, “Well, if we don’t pay, will you continue to protect us?” I said not at all. They didn’t believe the answer.”
Trump added: “A head of a large state stood up, and he said, “Well, sir, if we don’t pay and get attacked by Russia, will you protect us? I said, you didn’t pay, you’re late for pay. He said, “Yeah, let’s say it happened.” Trump said, “No, I’m not gonna protect you. Actually, I’d like to encourage them to do what the hell they want. You have to pay… “Then the funds flowed.”
It is clear from the statements of the former President of the United States how important it is that NATO focus on the defence side, which amounts to the need for increased military support to Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion.
Trump‘s statements, although inaccurate and not in the interest of NATO, ring the alarm to NATO in order to increase military support to Ukraine in the coming period.
Ukraine has been struggling over the past period to obtain the necessary support from the European Union and the United States, amid a state of rejection by some countries, in addition to the same position as the United States Congress.
The most pressing concern is the impact of the lack of Western support to Kiev on Ukraine‘s ongoing counter-attack in the east and south, where Ukrainian forces are struggling to make significant progress even when American support is still coming.
While the worst scenario of a major setback or even defeat by next summer is that the Russian victory will not only be bad news for Ukraine, but will also be a disaster for wider European security and a powerful blow to the United States, so European military assistance and support to Ukraine to confront Russia must now be increased.
Ukrainian officials had previously warned that the continued shortage of ammunition would be a major cause of the increase in the number of victims by the Ukrainian army.
Ammunition is also crucial for the defence of Ukrainian territory. Long-range missiles, such as the United Kingdom-provided “Storm Shadow” missiles, are essential to Ukraine‘s success in repelling the Russian fleet in the Black Sea hundreds of miles to open a cargo corridor for grain and other supplies.
Air defence missiles have proved particularly important in recent weeks, as Russia has expanded its attacks on civilian infrastructure this winter.
What will mean that European and American military support to Ukraine continues to decline significantly?
First, this substantial decline in support will increase Ukraine‘s chances of losing this war. Kiev will face many major crises, the most important of which is the lack of weapons, equipment, money, equipment and troop training. If Western countries demand a paid price or in-kind guarantees of continued assistance to Kiev, or if a number of States decline in the provision of such assistance, Ukraine will lose the battering force that is its main source of support in the current war.
Ukrainian forces have also been trained in the use of Western weapons, and in the event that these weapons disappear, this will cause the forces to lose confidence in the leadership.
Secondly, it will be difficult for Ukrainian forces to communicate with each other and with the outside world, where the troops use the “Starlink” service provided by American businessman Elon Musk and the Congress pays for it, and in the event that this service disappears, Ukrainian forces will become isolated.
Thirdly, the collapse of Western military support to Ukraine would mean a massive moral victory for Russia over the Western Camp, which Western countries must face at all costs, as this would be a heinous defeat, and would open the door to the possibility of the Russian invasion extending to other regions of NATO and the European Union.
Fourthly, a major breakthrough within Western circles will necessarily occur in the case of Russia‘s superiority over Ukraine, where there will be a great disagreement between the two camps in favour of a reduction in aid and the other that refuses to cut aid, with the result that there will be a major collapse in the community and political structure of the Western States and the United States.
Fifthly, confidence between the United States of America and the Western Powers will collapse, and the West will be increasingly thinking that the United States will often abandon allies at some point in time.
Sixthly, Russia‘s control of Ukraine will become a widespread threat to other European territories, as Russian ambitions in their territories will increase, bringing to mind Vladimir Putin‘s ancestral empire once again.
It is therefore clear from the foregoing that it is more necessary than ever to increase the military and financial support of the Western Camp and the United States to Ukraine at present than ever before in order to maintain their presence and unity.
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