Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards servicemen in the frontline city of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Monday.Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

George Monastiriakos: Ukraine could be the West's greatest ally — but it needs to survive

European powers need to step up to ensure freedom and democracy endure in their own backyard

by · National Post

If America wants to leave Europe’s security to the Europeans, who better than the Ukrainians?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has long said that NATO member states have not carried their share of the defence burden — and he’s right. Now, 1,000 days after Russia launched its illegal and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, 23 of 32 NATO member states have fulfilled their pledge to spend two per cent of GDP on defence.

Carson Jerema: Don’t blame Trump. Joe Biden already doomed Ukraine Ukraine was already doomed. It is almost a certainty that it will have to give up the fifth of its territory that Russia occupied as part of Vladimir Putin’s brutal war of aggression. Prospects for NATO membership are most likely to be, yet again, kicked into the future indefinitely. It may continue to exist as an independent country, but the promise of Ukraine being a fully fledged member of the liberal democratic West is dimming.Carson Jerema, 07 Nov 2024Adam Zivo: The West’s dithering on Ukraine is spurring nuclear proliferation North Korea’s ongoing military support of Russia — including the recent arrival of approximately 10,000 North Korean troops near the Ukrainian border — has raised the chilling question of what Pyongyang has asked for in return for its aid. If, as suspected, that includes nuclear technology, the devastating reality will be that by showing weakness in Ukraine, the West has encouraged nuclear proliferation.Adam Zivo, 06 Nov 2024