How The West Can Respond To Putin's And Lukashenko's Provocations

The head of the Kremlin is capable of taking the craziest steps.

Echelons with Russian military personnel have started arriving in Belarus under the guise of preparations for the West-2025 exercise. The Kremlin has repeatedly used such maneuvers as a cover for aggression.

What should the West do now to prevent provocations or invasion? This question was posed by Charter97.org to Dmitry Bondarenko, coordinator of the civil campaign "European Belarus":

- The West must take responsibility for its own security. First of all - Europe. The U.S., in principle, is pursuing the right policy: pushing Europe to self-defense. But in the transitional period, while the European defense industry is unfolding, we must not cut ties within NATO.

Flexible mechanisms of cooperation are needed - both within NATO and in the trade and economic plane between the U.S. and the EU. For example, the tariff agreement between the EU and the US stipulates that Europe will buy $750 billion worth of American energy products. This is beneficial to both sides. But at the same time, it is a huge blow to Russia, which has been supplying gas and oil to Europe for decades. That market is now lost, and for a very long time.

It is also critical to increase support for Ukraine. Ukraine is a rich country: lithium, rare earth metals, oil, gas, fertile soil, strategic location. If Russia seizes most or all of Ukraine, it will have at its disposal not only resources but also human potential - Ukrainians who can be used in a future war against the West.

Putin is already destroying Russia. His course leads to the disintegration of the Russian Federation. But in order to stay in power for another year or two, he can take the craziest steps. That is why the West should act in advance - Russia's defeat in Ukraine could solve everything. Including preventing China's aggression in its region.

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