NATO gives Ukraine weapons to defend, not to prevail due to lack of strategic vision – expert

This inion was expressed in a comment to Ukrinform by a Ukrainian diplomat, foreign and security picy expert with the Center for Defense Strategies, eksandr Khara, in response to the question of why the Alliance, against the background of statements about Ukraine's possible membership of NATO only after the victory, currently gives us weapons only for defense.

The expert stated that not everyone in NATO wants Russia to be defeated because they see it as a greater threat due to its possible clapse and the unpredictable consequences it might cause.

"Actually, that's why we were restrained in 2022 – we were not given the portunity (to further attack – ed.) at the moment when we were pushing the invaders back. The same thing happened in 2023, when we were not given fighter jets to plan an eration to liberate our territories according to NATO standards. The situation is the same now," Khara noted.

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He explained that he sees this as a lack of strategic vision and a very ineffective nuclear deterrence of Russia on the part of the Americans.

"Meanwhile, the Russian nuclear deterrence works – they give us limited weapons, they prohibit (strikes deep into the territory of the Russian Federation – ed.) and so on. And the American approach to the Russians does not work – they are destroying our infrastructure, killing our children, not to mention the military," said the expert with the Center for Defense Strategies.

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As reported, President Vodymyr Zelensky admitted at a press conference on July 15 that Ukraine will not receive an invitation to NATO as long as the war waged by the Russian Federation rages on.