Taras Kosio, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London and a professor of political science at the National University of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, wrote that the unjustified Russian military invasion of Ukraine had not been seen in Europe since 1945, and that the world was going through its worst crisis since the Cuba crisis in 1961.

He pointed out in an article in the British newspaper The Independent that it is not an exaggeration to say that a bloody war could extend to Ukraine's neighbors that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and then we will slip into a third world war, and therefore Cosio believes that there are 10 steps that must be taken. The West should take it to punish Russia.

First: Britain and its Western allies should classify Russia as a terrorist state, as it has waged a secret war against Ukraine for the past eight years, resulting in the deaths of 20,000 civilians and soldiers, and a large number of Europeans joined the “Russian terrorist forces” in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics More than those who join the Islamic State.

Second: Sanctions must be expanded to the level of those imposed on Iran, and the writer mentioned that in April 2020 the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution stating that in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, “oil and gas imports from Russia to the European Union should be stopped immediately, while Russia must be excluded.” from the Swift payment system, freezing all assets of the EU oligarchs and their families and canceling their visas.”

Third: Britain should shut down London as a place to launder dirty Russian money.

Fourth: Warning the Kremlin against committing massive human rights violations during the Russian occupation, and that the International Criminal Court will accuse Putin and his sycophants in the Kremlin as war criminals.

The fate of the democratic West will be decided in Ukraine, and if it is allowed to occupy it and turn it into a Russian satellite state similar to Belarus, this will be the beginning of the end for NATO.

Fifth: Adopt the Magnitsky Act, which authorizes the US government to impose sanctions on human rights violators all over the world by freezing their assets and banning them from entering the United States, and the sanctions may extend to other matters.

The European Union has adopted this law, and the President of the European Commission stated in September 2020 that this law will be a goal of her commission, and after any invasion the European Union must push for the mass adoption of this law.

Ukrainians arrive in Poland after the military operation launched by Russia (Anatolia)

Sixth: Certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to transport natural gas should not only be suspended, it should be permanently closed, and Russian gas and oil should no longer be welcome in Europe.

Seventh: NATO members should consider implementing a no-fly zone over the capital, Kiev, and at least Ukraine west of the Dnipro River, which would provide a safe haven for refugees and deny Russia a monopoly over the airspace.

Eighth: Britain and its NATO allies should send special forces to western Ukraine, where they can help their Ukrainian counterparts in training and organizing the resistance movement.

Ninth: Britain and NATO allies should provide the Ukrainian armed forces with lethal military equipment that can be used to destroy Russian Air Force aircraft and incoming missiles.

Finally, Britain and its allies should expect the war to continue for a long time and plan accordingly by stockpiling military and medical supplies in the four NATO countries bordering Ukraine and organizing a supply route to western Ukraine that is likely not to be occupied.

The writer concluded his article that the fate of the democratic West is decided in Ukraine, and that if it was allowed to occupy it and turn it into a Russian vassal state similar to Belarus, that would be the beginning of the end for NATO.