{"id":12202,"date":"2023-02-15T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=12202"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:29:16","slug":"focus-on-nato-receiving-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2023\/02\/15\/focus-on-nato-receiving-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS on NATO: Receiving Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Madeline Rowe<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Campus News Editor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new plan will allow Ukraine to receive military aid from countries including the United States and Germany, which may begin a new chapter in the Russo-Ukrainian war. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-security-cooperation-with-ukraine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the U.S. Department of State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the intended effects of providing aid include reinforcing support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and allowing Ukraine the necessary equipment to defend itself against Russian forces. The offensive weapons the U.S. and Germany are allocating to Ukraine stand in stark contrast to the defensive weapons that Ukraine currently uses and will alert Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine is prepared to reclaim territory.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The threat of an impending Russian counteroffensive this spring has led Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to repeatedly ask Western allies for modern tanks, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/25\/europe\/german-tanks-ukraine-intl\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> states. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/25\/europe\/western-tanks-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provides background on the conflict that led up to the plan concerning military aid, explaining that for weeks, Poland and members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pressured Germany to allow Poland to supply the much-needed Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An estimated 2,000 German-made Leopard tanks are held across more than 12 European nations. Poland had expressed intent to send its supply to Ukraine, even without the approval of Germany, which is required by the treaty. Ultimately, Germany will allow Poland to send its Leopard 2 tanks, a decision following the announcement of a U.S. plan to provide tanks to Ukraine, resolving U.S. apprehension to comply with Ukrainian requests for more sophisticated weaponry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ukraine will receiving 14 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, 31 Abrams tanks from the U.S., and 14 Challenger 2 tanks from the United Kingdom, in addition to the military equipment provided by upwards of 30 countries since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022, lists <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-62002218\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The German Leopard 2 tanks are easier to maintain and require less fuel than some other Western tanks, while the 31 American tanks are of limited use on the battlefield and are thus more of a display of support than an attempt to change the Ukrainian strategic outlook. Although the Challenger 2 tanks are not as modern as some military options, they are more advanced than many tanks currently available to Ukrainian armed forces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NATO\u2019s new move regarding military aid helps to reinforce the organization\u2019s strength and support for Ukraine. However, although offensive, the new military aid being provided in Ukraine is not an attempt from NATO to threaten Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg regards the tanks as a way to \u201csignificantly strengthen [Ukraine\u2019s] combat capabilities,\u201d CNN reports. The aid will be utilized in the continuous effort to reclaim Ukrainian territory, and more than anything, is a message to Russia that Western aid to Ukraine is unrelenting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the West\u2019s late-January decision to increase military aid, NATO has supported allies of Ukraine as they provide humanitarian and non-lethal aid, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/topics_192648.htm#:~:text=Since%20Russia%27s%20illegal%20and%20illegitimate,of%20thousands%20of%20Ukrainian%20troops.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NATO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> explains. Its overarching goal is to support Ukraine as the country maintains its United Nations Charter-protected right of self-defense. NATO has also committed to support Ukraine as it rebuilds and reforms after the war. For now, Ukraine continues to wait for tanks to arrive, and even after the arrival of the tanks, members of the Ukrainian military must receive proper training to operate them. All of this contributes to the delay in Ukraine getting these necessary tanks onto the battlefield.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As many Western officials believe that Russian forces are in a weak position, Zelensky believes that the forces supplied by the West will not only allow Russia to defend itself but may allow Ukraine to retake territory. While the new kind of aid Ukraine is receiving may increase chances of success within the war, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/aid-ukraine-much-more-tanks\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for Strategic and International S<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tudies<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> acknowledges that the new tanks alone will not guarantee a Ukrainian victory, but will instead bolster the estimated 800 tanks it already possesses. Victory for Ukraine will be secured with combinations of training for soldiers, the continuation of aid being provided by NATO, and with the resistance of Ukrainian citizens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of NATO,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nato\/40215011972\">\u00a0<em>Flickr<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new plan will allow Ukraine to receive military aid from countries including the United States and Germany, which may begin a new chapter in the Russo-Ukrainian war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":12203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2470,2477],"tags":[399,400,401,1431,2478],"class_list":["post-12202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-february-2023","category-nato","tag-nato","tag-ukraine","tag-russia","tag-aid","tag-military-aid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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