US Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell: Russia has to lose in Ukraine | Conflict Zone Special

Pointing to the implications of a Kremlin victory, US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told a Munich Security Conference panel led by DW’s Tim Sebastian that arms shipments to Kyiv needed to be sped up to ensure Moscow is defeated.
A successful outcome in Ukraine for Russia would also "embolden China" McConnell added.
McConnell said that if it was up to him he would approve the delivery of F-16 fighters from the US to Ukraine. The veteran Republican lawmaker said the West had taken a "holiday from history" after the Cold War until the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Other guests on the panel included Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
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00:00 Intro
01:27 Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov on current situation
04:35 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on NATO capabilities
07:00 French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on weapons shipments to Ukraine
08:20 US Senator Mitch McConnell on UScommittment to Kyiv and implications of Kremlin victory for China
11:04 Will Vladimir Putin agree to peace terms?
13:44 Washinton's view of negotiations
14:44 Mitch McConnell's definition of victory
16:00 Fast-track EU membership for Ukraine?
18:30 President Emmanuell Macron's view
21:21 McConnell on China, Taiwan, Philippines, Japan, Germany
22:45 Nuclear blackmail
26:22 Ukraine after the war
27:42 Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson on defense production
29:24 Polish PM on HIMARS, & South Korean tanks and artillery ordder and ammunition shortages
30:44 Ulrike Franke on EU accessions
35:23 Global food security and Crimea
36:43 McConnell on US support to Ukraine as % of GDP
37:25 McConnell on F-16s to Ukraine
37:40 Alina Polyakova on Ukraine as Forever War

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