The European Union and NATO are involved in a competition with Russia that they could lose. That competition comprises three main strands, each of which reveals the West’s lack of readiness for a long, drawn-out struggle with Moscow.
Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, YES Annual Meeting, 2023
«Without modern equipment, long-range weapons, and powerful ammunition, it would be very difficult to penetrate and break through the Russian line of defence»