"This is no longer an existential battle for Ukraine. It has been turned by Ukrainian victories with our weapons into a sort of grim, attritional struggle for limited amounts of territory in eastern and southern Ukraine," says Anatoliev. "I certainly think that we had an interest and indeed an obligation to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian invasion at the start", he adds.
As the war in Ukraine reaches its one year anniversary, there is still no clear end in sight. And while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipates Russia’s spring offensive, he’s been clear in asking the West for one thing - fighter jets. On this episode of the podcast defence expert Rajan Menon and policy expert Anatol Lieven discuss how crucial jets could be for Ukraine’s defence, what the western countries’ national interest is in giving them, and whether support for Ukraine in this war could wane as time goes on. Our host for this episode is The Sunday Times Special Correspondent, Josh Glancy.
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