The 6 US questions to Europe
1) The Budapest-type security guarantees are not worth anything. The only guarantee is hard security involving deployment of nuclear weapons to Ukraine or Ukrainian development of nuclear weapons, or both.
PS: Assuming US involvement is “light”
1) The Budapest-type security guarantees are not worth anything. The only guarantee is hard security involving deployment of nuclear weapons to Ukraine or Ukrainian development of nuclear weapons, or both.
PS: Assuming US involvement is “light”
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2b) Only UK and France has the nuclear capability, but all European NATO countries should be able to contribute with conventional forces.
2c) Denmark should participate pro rata as a minimum.
In an interim period a min. of 100,000 troops should be deployed East of the Dnipro River to be reduced after a 3-5 year period.
4b) Conventional reinforcements
4c) The capability and will to use nuclear weapons in order to create a threshold of deterrence Russia is not willing to cross.
One or two brigades would be preferably for political reasons.
Contribution to funding.
Key role in funding further development of Ukrainian defence Industry.