The only way to deter Putin is to arm Ukraine
UkraineAlert
by
Yelyzaveta Yasko
Russian forces conduct amphibious landing exercises in Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula on April 22, 2021. (Sergey Malgavko/TASS via REUTERS)
Spring 2021 saw the biggest Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border since the seven-year war between the two countries first erupted in 2014. While Moscow’s late April announcement of impending Russian troop withdrawals initially eased international concerns over the possibility of a new Kremlin offensive, current intelligence reports indicate that the vast majority of Russian forces remain in position close to the border. A major escalation in Europe’s only active war cannot be ruled out.