Ryssland har anfallit Ukraina - krig i Europa

“There is sufficient time to resolve that problem before it becomes critical in terms of stepping up manufacture,” Watling said, noting that Kyiv can source certain ammunition from countries that don’t immediately need theirs, or whose stocks are about to expire.

“So we can continue to supply Ukraine,” Watling said, “but there is a point where especially with certain critical natures, the Ukrainians will need to be cautious about their rate of expenditure and where they prioritize those munitions, because there isn’t an infinite supply.”"

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Here is an example of how Russian propaganda delivers(opens in a new tab) this narrative: ‘By 2014, Ukraine had evolved to the “Ukraine is an anti-Russia” stage. That is, everything that is happening now in Ukraine should be applied to Russia with the prefix “anti”. That is, exactly the opposite. And what is happening in Ukraine could happen in Russia as well, if we followed the same path as them.’ (Komsomolskaya Pravda, 2021.09.11)

This claim implies that Russia viewWs the democratic processes in Ukraine as a direct threat to its own autocratic regime: ‘Ukraine is a warning for Russia, a danger. First of all, the danger that we have inside the country, and then, to some extent, the external threat, not so much for Russia as for Russians’.

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Girkin är en rysk FSB-officer. Hans inblandning pekar direkt på ryska inblandning för att destabilisera tidigare sovjetrepubliker, Ukraina är bara den senaste i raden av tidigare republiker han agerat i.

 Om du använder argumentet att Girkin fick med sig 50 personer till en illegal arme så är det ett svagt argument för att ryssland inte är inblandade - det är ett tydligt argument för att ryssland är inblandade.