but the west fears these setbacks will only unleash more violence. russia is struggling with its objectives on the ground in ukraine, and we have seen from russia's previous actions in syria and in chechnya, where it will turn up the violence, it will lead to more indiscriminate killing and more indiscriminate destruction. western nations have been supplying ukraine with weapons, including these anti—tank missiles from the uk. these have been described as "for defensive purposes". today, though, the us secretary of state has been visiting european allies to see what more can be done. and he says they're now discussing supplying ukraine with warplanes — which could certainly deepen the west's involvement in this war. we are looking actively now at the question of aeroplanes that poland may provide to ukraine, and looking at how we might