Ukraine’s allies in Europe are moving beyond their usual emphasis on diplomacy and sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with a new focus on urgently arming Kyiv as the best chance at changing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision-making.
After six weeks of a war that sanctions have done little to ease — and no sign that negotiations with Russia will produce any result — some of the bloc’s least likely warriors are calling for more weapons.
On Monday Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock — from the traditionally pacifist Green Party — called for sending "more military equipment, above all heavy weapons. "There is no time to make excuses.”