NATO Nations See Differing Paths as Ukraine War Enters Uncertain Stage.

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BRUSSELS — Faced with the prospect that the war in Ukraine will be long and grinding, NATO countries are divided on how best to manage the next stage of the conflict and the uncertain period that promises to follow.

Central European members like Poland and the Baltic states want a total break with Moscow and an effort to bring Russia to its knees, two senior Western officials said. They worry that anything that Russia can present as a victory will do serious damage to European security.

But other nations believe that Russia cannot be easily subdued and that the war’s outcome is likely to be messy — more exhausting cease-fire than resounding victory. Countries like France, Germany and Turkey want to keep contacts with Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, regardless of the allegations of war crimes committed by his troops, the officials said.

NATO foreign ministers, meeting this week to discuss how to help Ukraine prosecute the war, do agree on one major point: The war is far from over and — as badly as Russia’s forces have performed and despite their retreat from areas around Kyiv, the capital — they are making slow and brutal progress in Ukraine’s east.

“Moscow is not giving up its ambitions in Ukraine,” Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, said this week. “We now see a significant movement of troops away from Kyiv, to regroup, rearm and resupply. And they shift their focus to the east.”>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/world/europe/nato-ukraine-russia.html

[HUAJIAO]

1. Blah blah blah talk talk talk.. while Ukraine dies!! And who is next..........?

[dem4decades]

2. I'm afraid as long as Putin has oil and gas he's got the power.

While many people hate what he's doing, they like cheap energy more and will look away.

[Lovie777]

3. NYT........

A NATO country openly sides with Russia and has a batshit crazy RWer who is the so call president of Hungary that has invited batshit crazy RWers from the USA (Tucker C) for batshit RW conventions.

I feel Ukraine will hold it's own, and 95% of Nato will support because they know the major consequences for Europe.

[Karadeniz]

4. I've become very hawkish... There will never be peace, freedom, or a sense of security for Europe

until Russian aggressions are rendered impossible. Now.