1/ Viewed from the perspective of #EU & #NATO members only, I fear that a strict policy of non-intervention is demoralising for us and emboldening for #Russia and #China. What do our governments think the world will look like in the next few years if Russia ultimately prevails?
2/ We should not underestimate the demoralising effects on the West of the suffering of the Ukrainian nation and of the brazen and massive violations of International Law and of every principle of civilised behaviour now pursued by the #fascist #dictatorship in #Moscow.
3/ Our nations and governments must be fully mobilised in the service of what we hold most dear, not only in the defence of our territories, but also in the defence of the freedom of #Ukraine. Stepping behind the triple red line of #NATO is not enough.
4/ Sanctions and limited arms supplies constitute a reasonably clear response so far. But further afield, other parts of the world will wait and see. #China is largely pro-Moscow. #India and #Israel are cynical. In our own nations, Kremlin-friendly forces are very much alive.
5/ In short, we've only just started to respond to the greatest challenge to our civilisation since the Second World War. I believe a Russian defeat and the collapse of Putin's imperial project would be the best outcome.
6/ Short of an overt intervention, we should at least create fear and uncertainty in the Kremlin, rather than repeatedly broadcast absolute certainty about non-intervention. Nothing should be off the table. Our governments must want Putin to lose and work towards that goal.
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