'..support Ukraine for as long as it takes in the face of Russia’s illegal war of aggression..'
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G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué, May 20, 2023
'..the F-16 decision is so important. It militarily gives Ukraine a tool that it desperately needs to fight the war to a victory that it wants, and it is an important sign that Ukraine is heading to NATO membership when the war is over. More and more, we see a Ukraine that can win the war on its own terms.''..More and more, Ukraine is going to get what it needs to fight the war that it wants—and more and more Ukraine is going to be treated as an ally. That is why I think the F-16 decision is so important. It militarily gives Ukraine a tool that it desperately needs to fight the war to a victory that it wants, and it is an important sign that Ukraine is heading to NATO membership when the war is over. More and more, we see a Ukraine that can win the war on its own terms.
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..The official communique issued by the G-7 leaders put the issue of Ukraine first and promised to keep supporting Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes…’
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/20/g7-hiroshima-leaders-communique/What does Zelensky’s visits to these two very different international summits mean—that a wide range of the world’s leaderships, from very different backgrounds, have concluded that Ukraine is going to come out of this war as a strong, independent nation—one that is worth engaging with now. In other words, Ukraine is going to win this war. And when it comes to the G-7 (six of whose members are in NATO and one, Japan, who is talking about establishing a relationship with NATO), this is another sign that Ukraine will be taken into the western alliance when the war ends.'
- Phillips P. OBrien (
Source, May 20, 2023 -
Update, May 21, 2023)
'Kasparov says after the war, there needs to be justice for those closely involved in the invasion of Ukraine, but they need to be distinguished from other Russian officials. "While you have a bunch of crooks and thugs ruling Russia, 90 percent of them are not war criminals and that's exactly where you can have a split," Kasparov said.
"If you want to make sure Russia doesn't collapse, you have to demonstrate that the 10 percent that are connected to the war will be taken away," he said, "then you create a gap which can be filled by people like me, Khodorkovsky and [Alexei] Navalny," the latter who languishes in prison on charges condemned globally as politically motivated.'
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Kasparov Predicts Collapse of Russian 'Empire,' May 19, 2023
ContextSanctions against Russia and what the G7 may do to fortify them, May 20, 2023
(Putin's War) - 'What are Ukraine's borders? .. they’re internationally recognized and defined in 1991.' - Navalny'..Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter as well as international law.'F-16 fighter jets: US lets allies give jets to Ukraine