The Russian occupying army launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of October 10th. The West immediately began to react to Moscow's horrific attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
About this Channel 24 said Alexander Kraev, an expert at the Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy Council. He noted that the EU still has response tools, but they are very difficult to adopt.
How the West reacted to the Russian missile strike
Kraev noted that the West's reaction to Russia's massive missile attack on Ukrainian cities could have been tougher. We got a good stable minimum. After all, the embassies of these countries did not panic and continued to work despite the rocket attacks. the reaction of Western countries, we will put a conditional plus of the European Union, which immediately reacted by the fact that there will be more armed assistance from it, the political scientist said.
According to him, one can evaluate the actions of Germany in a similar way, which announced that it would provide Ukraine with new anti-missile and air defense systems just the other day.
Was the US reaction sufficient?
Kraev noted that the US reaction this time was rather restrained. From their side there was a good message about new bills. This reaction was correct, but more could be expected. However, one must understand that the Americans now have a slightly different agenda.
They are getting ready for the midterms. Ukraine, of course, is important for the midterm elections, and I must say for both parties. They agree that Ukraine needs help,” the political scientist emphasized.
Although, he noted, there is a conditional group of Trumpists who are against helping Ukraine. But on the general background they play very little value. Therefore, in the end, for each party, Ukraine can become a winning story.
At the same time, according to Kraev, in terms of Americans, to react now to what Putin is doing is to succumb to his blackmail. The US understands that now the head of the Kremlin has irrevocably become a terrorist. And for terrorists, it is better when they react to their attempts to intimidate.
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Do many EU response tools
Kraev stated that the EU still has response tools, but they are very difficult to adopt. That is, the chances of their application are rather insignificant.
The political scientist noted that the previously introduced seventh and eighth packages of sanctions did not close the “holes” that allowed the Russians bypass them.
So the Europeans have sanctions tools they can use. Simply, relatively speaking, because of some Europeans, we still cannot talk about the final tools that can really crush Russia to the end. he stressed.
That is, the political scientist concluded, there are still quite big political problems with the adoption of these anti-Russian sanctions.
October 10 Massive Missile Attack: Essentials
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