How far will the West go for Ukraine? - BBC News

At least 100,000 troops are positioned within reach of Ukraine's borders and US President Joe Biden has deployed 3,000 extra military troops to eastern Europe.

Russia may deny any plans for invasion but it has carved out a series of demands from the West that cannot be met.

What happens next could jeopardise Europe's entire security structure.

The main tools in the West's armoury appear to be sanctions and military aid in the form of advisers and weapons.

President Biden has also warned that he would consider personal sanctions on Vladimir Putin, if Russia invades Ukraine. The UK has also warned that "those in and around the Kremlin will have nowhere to hide".

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[Cabrinireen]

Ukraine is 2.5 times bigger than UK probably 5 times England. How comes you can’t find it on a map ?

[inamghafoor]

if you can't find Ukraine on a map I'd question your education and map reading skills :)

[UncleColin]

I'm quite shocked by the - "a country most people can't find on the map" statement. I don't know anyone that would be unable to find Ukraine on a map.

[mariachiingles]

Most US Americans can't find ANY country in a map, so that should hardly be the foreign policy criteria...

[Charlottec]

correction: Ukraine is a country most AMERICANS can't find on a map

[haystackhider]

Q: How far will the West go for Ukraine?
A: Well, west goes west as far as to the border
Okey, I`ll show myself the way out..

[MultiDaniella]

4:05 - to be honest i don't think most americans can find the US itself on the map

[tomservo]

This all started because Boris didn't invite Putin to a party

[kake]

Honestly has anyone ever played civilization before? There's only one meaning when the enemy starts gathering units on the edge of your borders

[angel_sdavid]

I’m a medical student studying in Kharkiv, Ukraine and the locals around don’t seem to be bothered at all by what’s going on.

[crocodilealigator]

Ukraine bigger then most EU Union countries (American general) "most people can't find it on the map and it will probably fall like France" WE ARE DOOMED

[MilesB]

The US had no problem "defending a non NATO ally" in several previous cases...Vietnam, Afghanistan, Blah, Blah.

[Інре]

Thanks to UK, USA, Canada, Poland, Denmark, Baltic states, Czech Republic, and other allies for sending weaponry and supporting Ukraine in such hard moment. Here we stay not only for our independence, but for values of freedom and democracy of Free World. Moscow wants to throw the yoke of dispotism on us, but there are millions of free people in Ukraine who will fight against tyranny with weapons in their hands. in fact, we have been doing so for hundreds of years.

[MiSt]

4:07 I am Polish and I certainly CAN find Ukraine on the map. As well as other European NATO members. The fact that you are an american ignorant doesn't mean that we all are, and that we don't care about Ukraine.

[rossgrubi]

Ukraine will defend itself as much as we can

[inesis]

How far will the West go for Ukraine?

The EU is considering writing a strongly worded letter to Putin...

[chrisf]

Please ensure that your "Chief Correspondents" are able to correctly name the country they are reporting on and in. To hear these experts still referring to the country as "the Ukraine" in 2022 is insulting to the history of the nation and the people currently suffering under this terrible situation.

[alexyeo]

“A country that most people can’t even find on a map.” Wow!

[fo]

Well done BBC. You will have a good contribution of starting this war.

[mpalfadel]

This isn’t about Ukraine
This is about the effectiveness of appeasing dictators
Appeasement never works