New York Times: Absent direct NATO intervention, Ukraine cannot achieve its goals.
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The trouble is that Ukraine has only one surefire way of accomplishing this feat in the near term: direct NATO involvement in the war. Only the full, Desert Storm style of deployment of NATO and U.S. troops and weaponry could bring about a comprehensive Ukrainian victory in a short period of time. (Never mind that such a deployment would most likely shorten the odds of one of the grimmer prospects of the war: The more Russia loses, the more it is likely to resort to nuclear weapons.) Absent NATO involvement, the Ukrainian Army can hold the line, but complete victory is very nearly impossible. The problem for Kyiv is that — public assurances aside — Washington has no interest in directly entering the war.
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