{"id":428794,"date":"2022-04-09T01:20:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-should-send-ukraine-weapons-now-to-sway-war-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T01:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:20:35","slug":"us-should-send-ukraine-weapons-now-to-sway-war-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-should-send-ukraine-weapons-now-to-sway-war-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#US should send Ukraine weapons now to sway war, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ad1e2ecef9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ad1e2ecef9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-should-send-ukraine-weapons-now-to-sway-war-experts-say\/#%E2%80%9CUS_should_send_Ukraine_weapons_now_to_sway_war_experts_say%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;US should send Ukraine weapons now to sway war, experts say&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUS_should_send_Ukraine_weapons_now_to_sway_war_experts_say%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;US should send Ukraine weapons now to sway war, experts say&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The US should send Ukraine all the weapons it asks for as Russia\u2019s invasion reaches a pivotal moment that could change the outcome of the war, some policy analysts and lawmakers said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians have mounted a fiercer resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invading forces than expected \u2014 and the West could sway the war decisively in Ukraine\u2019s favor by supplying its fighters with heavy-duty weapons now, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p>But to help Ukraine to prevail, the US must take the lead over its NATO allies, due to its global stature and massive military resources, said Dalibor Rohac, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the short term, if you want Ukrainians to win this war there is nobody like the United States that could make that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en,\u201d Rohac told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy main message is just do more,\u201d Rohac said. \u201cSend Ukrainians everything that they ask for, don\u2019t be afraid of Putin, and he can actually lose this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian military \" class=\"wp-image-21837108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The West could sway the war in Ukraine\u2019s favor by supplying its fighters with heavy weapons, some experts say.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Scott Peterson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NATO pledged to send more weapons to aid in the conflict Thursday, amid growing reports of Russian brutality and atrocities against civilians in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said images and accounts of the tactics of the invading force has the Biden administration \u201clooking across the board right now not only at what we provided, and what we continue to provide, but whether there are additional systems that could make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There remains a reluctance by some NATO countries, however, to supply weapons that will be viewed as offensive as opposed to defensive. Other concerns have been raised about arming Ukrainians with modern high-tech weapons they haven\u2019t been properly trained to use. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Members of the Territorial Defence Forces learn how to use weapons during a training session on March 9, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21837148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Members of Ukraine\u2019s territorial defense force learn how to use weapons during a training session on March 9, 2022, in Kyiv.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andriy Dubchak\/dia images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Retired Gen. Wesley Clark wrote in an op\/ed published in The Post Friday that there is little time to waste to give Ukrainian forces hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, tanks and MiGs and Sukhoi aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy? Because there is a window of opportunity now \u2013 for a week or two perhaps \u2013 in which Ukraine can counterattack in the north, south and east to expel Russian forces. This will require mobile armored forces and air power,\u201d Clark wrote. \u201cAnd if this window is lost, the future is darker and more uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian victory could push Russia out of the country for good, putting Putin on his heels and forcing him to think twice about further conflicts in Georgia, Moldova and elsewhere, Clark said. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Russia\u2019s failure in Ukraine would also give pause to China if it decides to launch new military conflicts over its borders, he wrote in the piece.<\/p>\n<p>There is a crucial window in the next several weeks, military and policy experts said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is refocusing its attacks in the east of Ukraine, in the Donbas region, after having difficulties in some northern cities \u2014 and there are fears that the intensity of the coming offensive may turn the tide back in Moscow\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-06.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in Kharkiv region, on February 10, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-21837157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Retired Gen. Wesley Clark wrote that there is little time to waste to give Ukrainian forces offensive weapons.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A Pro-Russian militant holds a Kalachnikov asssault rifle and smokes a cigarette in front of a tank taken from Ukrainian forces during fighting in August, as he and other fire their weapons in an open field, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Ilovaisk, some 40 kms east of Donetsk, on November 18 2014.  \" class=\"wp-image-21837138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A pro-Russian militant near Donetsk. Russia is refocusing its attacks in the east of Ukraine, in the Donbas region. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But even if the offensive sputters, Putin may agree to a ceasefire by mid-May, with a concession such as annexing a piece of the Donbas region that would allow him to call the operation a success, Rohac told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration built its initial policies about supplying weapons under the assumption that Ukraine would be largely overcome, and the resistance would be mostly guerilla-style fighters in occupied land, he added. But the US needs to adapt now the overview of the war has changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainians have a decent chance of actually chasing Russians out of Ukraine altogether and that, to us, would be would a priority to get that outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-09.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Residents attend an open training organised for civilians by war veterans and volunteers who teach the basic weapons handling and first aid on one of Kiyv's city beaches on February 20, 2022, amid soaring tensions with Russia\" class=\"wp-image-21837181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ukraine-weapons-getty-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Residents of Kyiv were given basic weapons training on Feb. 20, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Biden \u201chas been a little too cautious\u201d about Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to give the Ukrainians everything they want,\u201d he said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leadermcconnell\/status\/1512476538691854342?s=12&amp;t=73HmNqG_Vz9GvfomvhAFvw\">an interview on Fox News Friday<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019ve demonstrated they have the will to fight, the ability to fight and our goal ought to be to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said there was \u201cno question\u201d there were war crimes being committed by Putin\u2019s forces \u2014 as he called for more than just talk from the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, Putin is not going to be deterred by being called a war criminal,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cHe will be deterred on the battlefield \u2026 And so what we need to do is give (Ukrainians) every single useful weapon they ask for and need to beat the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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