Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO and the European Union, led by the United States, have continued to provide Ukraine with weapons and equipment.
In this regard, Giorgio Beretta, an analyst at the Italian Small Arms and Security Defense Policy Observatory, said that providing weapons to Ukraine will only escalate the conflict, and Europe should think about a new security defense model.
Giorgio Beretta, an analyst at the Italian Small Arms and Security Defense Policy Observatory: First of all, it depends on whether this will lead to a state of war.
This is actually a state of war and hostility. The consequence of sending weapons is that the EU and Italy lose the possibility of playing a mediating role and become a party to the conflict.
The second problem is that the delivery of weapons further escalates the conflict and kills more people.
Beretta said that the United States was the country that exported the most weapons and equipment to Ukraine, both before and during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Giorgio Beretta, an analyst at the Italian Small Arms and Security Defense Policy Observatory: The United States is the largest exporter of weapons and equipment to Ukraine.
From 2014 to 2021, the United States has committed about $3 billion in contracts to Ukraine, which is a very detrimental factor to (regional) stability.
Beretta said that weapons and equipment did not help resolve the crisis, and that the conflict in Ukraine was caused by years of tensions between NATO and Russia.
NATO has expanded all the way to Russia's doorstep, but expansion has not kept Europe safe.
Giorchio Beretta, an analyst at the Italian Small Arms and Security Defense Policy Observatory: To think about a new European defense model, defensive, non-targeting, non-offensive, based on European security and defense effects and needs mode.
Weapons and military equipment do nothing to ease tensions.