Ukraine War: The West’s Fear of Putin

Gallows humor or sober reality capture? In Ukraine, the outrage over the massive data leaks from the US Department of Defense is contained. Understandable.

The fact that, despite military support in the hundreds of billions, there is still a lack of ammunition and equipment from the West to wrest decisive territorial gains from Russia in the approaching spring offensive, was almost an open secret even before the stabbing of a 21-year-old busybody in the ranks of the US military.

Ukraine war: The tone of the “Pentagon Papers” is pessimistic

In this sense, Jack Teixeira’s betrayal, which has raised doubts about US reliability, obliges the western coalition to step up the pace in supporting Kiev.

Ukraine Crisis – The most important news about the war

The pessimistic tone exuded by the previously known “Pentagon Papers” weighs heavier. Apparently only a few in President Joe Biden’s government apparatus believe that the Ukrainian army can fight for a substantially better starting position on the battlefield by the fall in order to force Russia to the negotiating table. There the fear seems to prevail that the next bloody interim stage of the war will at best end in a stalemate.

Ukraine: The reality of war is sobering

In view of 14 months of bitter wartime reality, the American presidential election calendar and the Republicans’ steadily growing criticism of the high costs of the war, this is sobering from the perspective of an invaded country.

But the truth remains: the West is too afraid of an escalation triggered by Vladimir Putin in the event of a Ukrainian victory, which might be possible with more powerful weapons.

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