由於烏克蘭防空力量捉襟見肘，愛國者導彈亟需。但特朗普一如既往地對提供新彈藥含糊其辭——而且他很容易改變主意或忘記。
烏克蘭政府內部情緒的變化反映在其私下呼籲停火的緊迫性上。一兩年前，這樣的呼籲會被視為失敗主義。如今，在烏克蘭和西方領導人的??閉門會談中，這種呼籲越來越堅定。
俄羅斯對基輔和其他烏克蘭城市的導彈襲擊強度不斷增加，也打擊了烏克蘭的士氣。如果沒有明確的勝利願景——或者至少是結束戰爭的願景——絕望感可能會籠罩整個國家。
俄羅斯目前的核心目標是奪取敖德薩——弗拉基米爾·普京視其為一座曆史悠久的俄羅斯城市。沒有敖德薩，烏克蘭將失去其主要港口。
https://www.ft.com/content/fd4fe246-3dd7-449a-8740-70bcb0ba08a9
A group of former European leaders — including Carl Bildt of Sweden and Sanna Marin of Finland — visited Ukraine recently and picked up on the deteriorating mood. They wrote afterwards that “while Ukrainians will never stop resisting, without more military support, Ukraine can lose more territory. More cities might be captured.” Off the record, some western officials are even bleaker, warning of a risk of “catastrophic failure”, if the Ukrainian military is stretched to breaking point — and does not receive a significant increase in military and financial aid from its western allies.
