Russian President Vladimir Putin
(Picture: AP)Ukraine’s immediate requirements in this the ninth month of the war with Russia were spelled out neatly this week by foreign minister Dmytro Kulebo. “In an nutshell: Patriots (missiles) and transformers are what Ukraine needs most,” he told Nato foreign ministers meeting in Bucharest.
The meeting confirmed the wish of Ukraine and Georgia to join Nato, first registered at summit in Bucharest in April 2008. This led to a short, and still unresolved, conflict between Russia and Georgia later that summer.
