Volodymyr Zelenskyj Nästa steg blir att förstöra Kertjbron till Krimhalvön
Att förlora en flottbas som Ryssland har haft i 240 år – den på Krimhalvön – skulle vara en enorm pinsamhet för Putin
Teresa Küchler SvD 2 januari 2024
https://www.svd.se/a/4o2dyE/ukrainas-president-zelenskyj-om-nasta-steg-vill-bomba-kertjbron
Does Biden Want Ukraine to Win?
The administration has never made a clear commitment to a Ukrainian victory—to helping the country liberate all its legally recognized territory and become part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Perhaps the reason for this reluctance is obvious: The Biden administration doesn’t want Ukraine to win. Instead, there are signs the administration wants to force a sordid deal on Kyiv, one in which Ukrainians hand over large parts of their country, including Crimea, to Mr. Putin.
The best evidence of this is that the administration has bent over backward not to supply Ukraine with the weapons needed to hit Russian targets in Crimea.
In 2023 the U.K. and France sent Ukraine a few hundred of their Storm Shadow/Scalp cruise missiles. The systems are similar but have different names. These missiles enabled Ukrainians to hit targets anywhere in Crimea and to neuter Russian naval power in the peninsula.
The Storm Shadow/Scalps played a crucial role in the Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol in September.
Sevastopol was the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and Moscow considered it relatively safe. Within moments, fire rained down on the base, damaging two major warships so badly that they haven’t operated since. Last week the Ukrainians used Storm Shadow/Scalps to sink the landing ship Novocherkassk in Crimea.
Arming Ukraine with long-range systems would help Ukraine liberate Crimea and end the war sooner, saving lives on both sides
Phillips P. O’Brien WSJ 1 January 2024
Mr. O’Brien is a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
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