The West does not have a strategy for what it is aiming for in Ukraine, the coalition MP, Major General Pekka Toveri evp, estimates in the morning of .
Military experts have given very different assessments of the upcoming year in Ukraine. It has been suggested that this year would be a defensive year for Ukraine.
Ukraine wants to return the territories occupied by Russia to itself. It would require that the Russian armed forces be defeated in conventional warfare, according to an expert on the war in Ukraine Emil Kastehelmi In ‘s morning interview.
– It is a massive goal. Maybe the support from the West has not reflected this, Kastehelmi said.
– It would be relevant to communicate in advance how far the West is prepared to go and what means they are prepared to adopt, if Ukraine’s declared goals are not realized with the aid policy decision of the West at the moment, Kastehelmi described.
According to him, it should also be discussed in advance if the West does not want to commit to Ukraine’s goals.
– It seems disheartening that in the West, in a way, goals are supported, but not fully delivered, Kastehelmi described.
Member of Parliament of the Coalition, Major General EVP Pekka Toveri listed in ‘s morning interview that one of the mistakes of the West was that they started supporting Ukraine slowly at first. A long war followed, for which the West had not prepared.
– The third mistake is that the West does not have a strategy for what this is aimed at, Toveri said.
According to the comrade, the West should decide whether we want to empower the Russian president Vladimir Putin and his successor.
– You sacrifice a couple of hundred thousand reservists, and you continue the war long enough, and you will get what you want. 18 percent of Ukraine is occupied, a large number of war crimes have been committed, infrastructure has been destroyed. If it doesn’t result in any punishment for Russia, this is how dictatorships can work. Bad signal to send, Comrade said.
Toveri has also estimated that it may take another year for Ukraine to launch a bigger attack.
– Things take time. Last year’s counterattack in the direction of Zaporizhia showed that know-how is not enough when attacking with half-prepared troops. Creating expertise takes time, Toveri says.
Yesterday, the European Union reached an agreement on a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine. The funds will secure Ukraine’s economy for the next four years.