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>Why supporting Ukraine is beneficial for Europe and United States
◾Weakening Russia: both the EU and NATO have named Russia as the key threat to their security. Supporting Ukraine allows to exhaust Russia's military, economic and political resources, weakening its ability to threaten stability of Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific region etc.
A weaker Russia is also an element of deterring China - Russia's success in Ukraine might enhance its strategic partnership with China, creating new challenges for the United States and the world. Ukraine's defeat would be a signal of the US' weakness to China, which could have very serious consequences.
◾Return on investments: many countries separately and EU in general are investing into Ukrainian military production, funding Ukrainian social system and bringing weapons in Ukraine. When Ukraine becomes an integral part of the European security system, these investments will "pay for themselves" for making Europe stronger and safer.
Ukraine cannot start the proper rebuilding of what Russia has destroyed without a sustainable and lasting peace. Investors won't bring funds to Ukraine unless peace is long-term and Ukraine integrates into the EU.
◾A symbolic crash for Russia's imperial ambitions and Putin's dreams of building a "Russian Empire 3,0": Putin has already suffered several serious geopolitical blows from the full-scale invasion (Finland and Sweden joining NATO, Azerbaijan and Armenia signing a peace deal and effectively pushing Russia out as a player at South Caucasus, to name just a few). Russia not reaching its goals in Ukraine is effectively a huge loss for Putin and a crash of his lifelong project. This will, in turn, make Russia weaker.
Sustainable peace in Ukraine is a globally important precedent that will prove that democracies are capable of defending themselves from the threat of authoritarian regimes.
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