The plan's collapse could deepen Ukrainian animosity towards NATO and encourage Russian aggression, senior former NATO officials said.
that the U.S. is still"surging security assistance to Ukraine" along with its partners and allies.
"The Pentagon assessed that adding aircraft to Ukraine's inventory is not likely to significantly change the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Air Force relative to Russia's capabilities. Pothier—now a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the CEO of Rasmussen Global—said:"There are certain types of risks that clearly NATO is not willing to take, which I think is a mistake because we've been there and it does not work.
The much-discussed no-fly zone has been repeatedly rejected by U.S. and NATO leaders, given it would entail direct military confrontation with the Russians. NATO nations could transfer Russian-made equipment—such as the S-300 anti-air system—to Ukraine to bolster their defense. Moscow would no doubt protest and threaten retaliation, but, Pothier said:"Nothing is risk free, standing by also has its own risk."
"Between what we have now—which is NATO basically standing by the sidelines, quite frankly, and focusing on its own territory but the war is happening elsewhere—and being completely sucked into that war, I think there are many things that NATO could do and should do, which are not happening."
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