Estonia’s government has, in a White Paper that rightly calls for Russia’s defeat, estimated it could be done at a cost merely of 0.25 per cent of Western GDP over four years.
If you are an Atlanticist, a supporter of NATO, an ally of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, it would be truly extraordinary to support him over Biden.
The Prime Minister has vowed that Ukraine “will never be alone” as the UK announced £2.5bn of military aid to Ukraine over the coming year.
It looks like there is a deal to be done where the proposed $60 billion package is paired with major reform of America’s porous southern border.
A world in which Russian warmongering prevailed over British and American promises would be one where the advantage had passed decisively to the autocracies.
In domestic policy, we are headed for the real deal. Trump’s campaign staff have been briefing for months that, this time, deep state officials will not stand in their way.
Ukrainians fear that the horrors in Gaza and Israel are hogging the attention their Western backers. Some suspect that Vladimir Putin and his Iranian allies encouraged the Hamas atrocities precisely to open a second front against the democracies.
This way of thinking also contrasts with the naive counting of the civilian dead. In this tradition, war can be a necessary evil, but that judgement requires attention to its practical consequences.
It was my fourth visit to the country since Russia tried, but failed, to launch a full-scale invasion in February last year. The strength of my commitment to Ukraine grows with each visit.
The Prime Minister was speaking following the NATO summit.
It may not be possible for the West to find one, but it’s in our interest to try – no less than to support war-torn, Putin-invaded Ukraine.
British support for Ukraine has so far been unwavering. But how long would it survive the return of Donald Trump?
Meanwhile British and American voters both back supporting Kyiv – but differ from the Ukrainians on what that should look like.
This isn’t the time for ambiguity, but clarity: now give them the tools so they can finish the job and free all their territory, including Crimea.
History warns us that nothing good will come from abandoning small nations to Russia’s imperial ambitions.