Europe needs massive rearmament to outlast Putin in Ukraine

“These are dangerous times for Ukraine,” said Ian Bond, a former UK defence planner and ambassador to the Baltics.

“It is increasingly clear that Ukraine cannot achieve a quick victory. But is it at risk of a quick defeat?” he asked in a lacerating report for the Centre for European Reform.

...Mr Bond has called for a suspension of the Maastricht deficit rules, allowing for wholesale rearmament and a partial “war economy” until Russia is defeated, and universally seen to be defeated.