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🤔 Ukraine can turn the threat of an energy collapse this winter into leverage against Putin, - Foreign Affairs
Former White House adviser Eric Chiaramella warns that Russia is preparing to paralyze Ukraine’s energy, transport, and economy this winter with massive missile and drone strikes. However, in his view, Kyiv can use a mutual cessation of strikes on energy infrastructure as a bargaining tool.
The author suggests the West should present Moscow with a choice: Russia stops the attacks — Ukraine refrains from expanding strikes deeper into Russia. If the Kremlin refuses — the Armed Forces of Ukraine gain new options, including the use of Starlink over Russia’s border regions to hunt missile launchers and German Taurus missiles to strike military factories.
But first Ukraine needs to survive the winter. For that, Chiaramella writes, it needs 300 PAC-3 missiles for Patriots, which European partners have so far been unable to provide, as well as accelerated financing from the EU loan package of €90 billion.
The main idea is to make the continuation of Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities too costly for the Kremlin.
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