Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held hours of talks with US envoys in Berlin to end the war with Russia, with negotiations set to continue tomorrow.
They’re not asking all of NATO for security guarantees, just the US. I think they should look for the “coalition of the willing” to base tripwire forces in Ukraine post-war. That will make a more credible deterrent for Russia than “we promise to help you if Russia attacks”. That credibility is exactly why Russia is against European forces permanently based in Ukraine.
They’re not asking all of NATO for security guarantees, just the US. I think they should look for the “coalition of the willing” to base tripwire forces in Ukraine post-war. That will make a more credible deterrent for Russia than “we promise to help you if Russia attacks”. That credibility is exactly why Russia is against European forces permanently based in Ukraine.