Diminishing fears of Russian escalation has loosened restraints on the Ukraine’s use of Western military hardware and enabled the provision of more capable systems.
Christoph Bluth
Christoph Bluth
Christoph Bluth is a professor of international relations and security at the University of Bradford.
The presence of British forces in Ukraine doesn’t make the UK a combatant in the war, but there remains the risk of escalation.
Longer-range missiles would enable Ukraine to strike targets throughout the entirety of Russian-occupied territory, including Crimea.
Germany’s inhibition to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine was shaped in part by domestic German politics and fears of losing arms sales to the United States.