Charly Salonius-Pasternak and Emil Kastehelmi, who visited in the morning, believe that the discussion about “suitable” weapons only benefits Russia.
Western arms aid to Ukraine has become stronger all the time, and firepower has increased. Ukraine is currently using, for example, cluster bombs, which has drawn criticism from human rights organizations.
Cluster bombs are an effective but dangerous weapon for civilians that explode in the air and spread numerous smaller bombs into the environment. Their use is prohibited in more than a hundred countries.
The leading researcher of the Foreign Policy Institute who visited in the morning Charly Salonius-Pasternak does not consider Ukraine’s use of cluster bombs controversial in any way. He considers the discussion to be rather a confirmation of Russia’s propaganda.
– Russia has used these weapons since day one and mined maybe a fifth of Ukraine. It will take generations to clear it.
According to Salonius-Pasternak, defending against a Russian attack is a completely different situation than the civil wars seen around the world, where cluster bombs have been used in a different way, endangering civilians.
Finland has also opposed the idea of banning cluster bombs, as they are useful weapons for the defender.
Putin hardly has a “red line” on which weapons can be used
The war in Ukraine closely followed Emil Kastehelmen According to
– It’s an absurd idea that With Putin there would be some list of weapon systems. That now when the Leopard 2 tanks are put there, something terrible would happen. This is completely Russian propaganda thinking.
Kastehelmi says that he finds it unfortunate that the speech has passed the decision-making level in Western countries and has been left spinning in security analyses.
– That is absolutely not true. Russia has no relevant ability to escalate a war against Western countries based on individual weapon systems.
According to Salonius-Pasternak, Russia does not have a massive arsenal of weapons to spare if nuclear weapons are left out of the bills. As far as they are concerned, the situation is the same as at the beginning of the war: the Russian political leadership understands that the United States alone would react significantly to the use of nuclear weapons.
– The idea that Putin would suddenly decide to use nuclear weapons [Ukrainan saaman jonkin aseavun] because, is completely absurd, says Salonius-Pasternak.
Watch ‘s entire morning conversation: