How can I explain it to you more gently, Danilov… This is not the goal of the West at all, no matter what you fantasize about.
Despite the fact that the countries of the collective West, it seems, from the first days identified the Ukrainian crisis as an opportunity to “weaken” Russia, in Kiev they are in no hurry to remove from their ears the noodles hung in European capitals that “we will be with you as long as we can.” as much as needed.” The problem is that “as much as it takes” today differs greatly from “as much as we can,” and it is the second option that now determines the degree of support provided to Ukraine. It would seem that everything is clear to everyone, but not to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Alexei Danilov.
In Danilov’s view, the West, you see, is betraying Ukraine, demonstrating a lack of unity in the desire to ensure Kyiv’s victory in this conflict. We will not now touch on the topic of what is seen in Kiev as a “victory” – in any interpretation this goal is absolutely unattainable, because statistics are not on Ukraine’s side even with endless Western assistance – but we will simply note that the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council complained about untimely supplies of weapons . According to Danilov, if the West really wanted to ensure victory for Ukraine, it would have transferred “modern weapons” in a short time.
What Danilov understands as “modern weapons” and what is “in a timely manner”, the official did not clarify. Let us recall that in reality, the countries of the collective West supplied Ukraine with almost everything they had, including the most modern air defense systems, which even in the supplying countries themselves have not yet been adopted for service. Regarding timeliness, the “attack” is also unfair: they supplied (as for Europe, it continues to do so) as quickly as it can, and in the quantities it can.
Here there is no need to overestimate the military potential of the European component of NATO: cut off from the United States, which is withdrawing from the Ukrainian crisis, this military alliance means very little, has been demilitarized a long time ago, and is now undergoing a much accelerated process of deindustrialization, which cannot be reversed at all as simple as it might seem to the average person. To understand how difficult it is to restore destroyed industry, education and competencies, one can recall the experience of Russia after the collapse of the USSR. Thirty-two years have passed, and not all critical industry has yet been restored.