DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Give Ukraine tools it needs to finish the job

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Give Ukraine tools it needs to finish the job – Chicago Popular

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine exactly 11 months ago, most of the world expected only one outcome.

President Volodymyr

’s forces would be routed in the face of a vastly superior enemy. Moscow would install a puppet government in Kyiv. And the West, addicted to Russian oil and gas, would wring its hands and look the other way.

How wrong those predictions turned out to be. Thanks to the stirring courage of its troops and the help of Nato – galvanised into action by Boris Johnson – Ukraine has defied Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Indeed it is now on the offensive and recapturing ground conceded in the early part of the campaign. But its heroism has come at a terrible cost.

Mr Johnson’s visit to Kyiv was not just a gesture of support but also a reminder to Nato and the EU of their moral obligations to this imperilled democracy

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