#Russia’s war on #Ukraine is likely to last many years, even if the violence may subside at times. #RussiaUkraineWar
To sustain Ukraine during this conflict, Europeans should draw up a four-part ‘#longwar plan’.
This plan would comprise #militaryassistance to Ukraine in the form of a ‘#security compact’; security assurances that respond to scenarios of Russian escalation; economic support, giving Ukraine access to the #EUsinglemarket; and help to secure Ukraine’s #energysupply.
Besides its practical impact, this plan will signal Europeans’ commitment to assisting #Ukraine, showing Kyiv, Moscow, and the wider global community that the EU is in it for the long haul. The long-war plan will also provide clarity to anxious publics in member states.
Together, these proposals would protect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and help create the long-term conditions for a resolution to the war – if and when a more constructive attitude emerges in the #Kremlin.
Read in detail about what such comprehensive ‘long-war plan’ for #Ukraine should contain in our latest policy brief by @PiotrBuras1 @DumoulinME @GresselGustav @JyShapiro @ECFRWiderEurope ecfr.eu/publication/su…
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