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[Martin Dietze]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 at 10:45, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I disagree. I hope he gets his request. Defensive weapons, not offensive,
> will save lives if the invasion  happens. That matters a lot.
> Look at the graphs of how outmanned and outtechnologized Ukraine is.
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 9:06 PM Susan Hall-West <susanhw83 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It may have been a pin drop moment, but I hope the mayor of Kyiv rethinks
> > his request in order to avoid massive death and destruction of his
> citizens
> > and city. Quantity (of weapons) does not equal a "win" in this scenario.
>

Actually only fools would dream of "winning" a war against Russia. And,
Mark I disagree with you here, defensive weapons will also not save lives,
if the invasion happens.

Still giving defensive weapons to Ukraine can have an impact: since
Ukrainians will fight, with weapons or without (what Ukrainians have said
on this publicly is to be taken seriously), and the Russian regime knows
this, modern defensive weapons will raise the price tag for an invasion.
There is some chance that this may keep an invasion from happening. A war
against Ukraine is very unpopular in Russia, despite all the propaganda.
Putin can alienate his people only to a certain degree, and he is known to
usually try to limit risks.

Hence these weapons could make the difference between war and peace.