May 19, 2024
The West’s current stance on the war in Ukraine and delays in military aid are “completely nonsensical,” the U.K’s defense secretary said on May 19.
In an interview with Sky News, Grant Shapps was asked about comments made earlier this week by President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Ukraine’s international partners “are afraid of Russia losing the war” and would like Kyiv “to win in such a way that Russia does not lose.”
Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips asked if the West was “creating a stalemate in the war with Russia in which tens of thousands of people are dying needlessly.”
In reply, Shapps said he visited Kyiv in March and made a “very similar point.”
“It was a wake-up moment for the West and that by delaying what we should be doing… we were running the risk of doing exactly what President Zelensky is concerned about,” he said, referencing delays in U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
“I think this is completely nonsensical for the West. We have to understand we are in an existential battle about the way we run the world order and about democracy itself.”
Shapps added that delays in Western military aid particularly from the U.S. were having very visible effects on the battlefield and Russia’s advances into Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in recent days were a direct consequence.
“Now I’m confident that Ukraine will be able to repel that but there’s a few difficult weeks ahead,” he said, added that the current situation around Kharkiv “didn’t need to happen.”
In a meeting with journalists on May 16 attended by the Kyiv Independent, Zelensky said Kyiv’s allies “fear” Russia’s loss in the war against Ukraine because it would involve “unpredictable geopolitics.”
“I don’t think it works that way. For Ukraine to win, we need to be given everything with which one can win,” he said.
His statement came on May 16 amid Russia’s large-scale offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and ongoing heavy battles further east.
In a week, Russian troops managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers in the northern part of Kharkiv Oblast, according to Zelensky.
Washington has not changed its negative position on potential Ukrainian strikes with U.S.-supplied weapons on Russian territory even after Russia had launched its offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, the Pentagon said on May 16.
Zelensky commented on this statement during the meeting, saying that “there should be no bans because this is not about a Ukrainian offensive using Western weapons on Russian territory. This is about defense.”
In an interview with AFP on May 17, Zelensky said that the Kharkiv Oblast offensive could be the first of several waves, and Russian forces may try for the regional capital of Kharkiv.
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-sec-says-wests-stance-on-ukraine-war-completely-nonsensical
“I think this is completely nonsensical for the West. We have to understand we are in an existential battle about the way we run the world order and about democracy itself.”
Our words since February 2022. Actually, since 2014.
Much like the Keystone Kops or the Three Stooges, the West has been stumbling, fumbling, wobbling, it has staggered, wavered, and floundered for over ten years, regarding mafia land’s many aggressions. No one has an idea of what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and for how long to do it. It has no plans, no inkling, no courage, no stamina, and it reacts weakly instead of being forcefully proactive. The little high-heeled goon has led various Western leaders through his arena on nose rings.
We are losing influence in the global south … in Africa, in South America, in Asia, and maybe even in Europe, if mafia land is allowed to win.
To repeat an earlier comment I made :
He has not denied permission for Ukraine to use British missiles inside putlerstan:
“I cannot go into decisions about how weapons are permissioned, …”
Dave Cameron, who outranks Mr Shapps, has already given formal permission for Ukraine to attack inside the shithole.
In fact it has already happened.
That may be true, but the fact that Shapps is against it doesn’t speak well for him. In my opinion, he belongs in the same sissy club as Biden and Scholz.
He isn’t against it and has not said any such thing. He’s a a good friend of Ukraine and is not anything like those two.
“At the same time, Shapps is not a supporter of the idea that Great Britain would allow the use of weapons it provided to Ukraine on Russian territory.”
There is no quote of him saying that. It’s just editorializing. What he has said is :
“I cannot go into decisions about how weapons are permissioned, …”
Which is very different.
In any case, as I already wrote, Ukraine has been given official permission by David Cameron, who outranks Shapps,
to attack inside their shithole.
He’s just being too careful, as with all the other marshmallows, Scradge. I wish someone would just stand up, straight and proud, and proclaim the right things to do, and not waver one bit, nor quiver, shake, or shudder with fear! All of this tip-toeing around mafia land’s feelings nauseates me.
Kyiv can use British weapons inside Russia – Cameron
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c163kp93l6po