Polish soldiers raise the NATO flag. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 4 NATO countries should limit military aid to Kyiv as leverage to encourage Ukraine to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia to resolve the ongoing conflict, Hugh de Santis said on Saturday. who oversaw NATO and arms control issues at the US State Department during the Ronald Reagan administration. «Having secured Ukraine, the US and its allies must convince Kyiv to end the war, using restrictions on the supply of new military aid as leverage,» de Santis said in the article , published in the National Interest.
Who is threatened by the emergence of the largest army in EuropeIn his opinion, «the alliance should push Ukraine to enter into negotiations with Russia «.»A military victory for Kyiv is unlikely, but a negotiated settlement is a realistic goal. To achieve it, Volodymyr Zelensky and its allies in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states must agree that Ukraine will become a neutral state and cede Donbass to Russia in the face of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as Crimea,» Santis added. weapons could be «suicidal» in view of a potential Russian response. De Santis also insists that Russia must stop being treated as a «rogue state» in the West. It would be counterproductive both diplomatically and militarily,» the retired US diplomat said.
