
Former Chief of the General Staff of the British Armed Forces Patrick Sanders called for giving Ukraine the decisive weapon to win, writes The Times:
The West is too afraid of provoking Vladimir Putin to give Ukraine the "decisive" weapon it needs to defeat Russia;
Sanders dismissed Western concerns about the escalation of Russia's possible use of tactical nuclear weapons;
"At this point, we must ensure that Ukraine can win. This is not just about surviving on the battlefield - which is probably all we are doing at the moment. This is about creating unacceptable threats to Russia that will force it and Putin to reconsider their views";
"We overestimated how Russia would respond to our support for Ukraine. In some ways, we're holding ourselves back because we've allowed the Russians to have what you might call 'escalation dominance', where we've held back from giving Ukraine the kind of decisive support we might have given early on, for fear of what the Russians would do."
"It's very hard to see where you can make a deal. Because any deal is likely to be a temporary reprieve. Or you're giving Putin what he wants, which is essentially capitulation. And the consequences of capitulation are not just terrible for Ukraine, they're going to fundamentally undermine Western security, the security of the Euro-Atlantic space, and of course it's going to give encouragement and support to autocrats and dictators around the world who don't adhere to our value system."

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