“To do this, they have started supplying heavy offensive weapons, openly urging Ukraine to seize our territories. In fact, such steps are dragging NATO countries into the conflict and could lead to an unpredictable level of escalation.”
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There is a concern that U.S. involvement, even if non-combatant, could escalate the conflict and potentially lead to a direct confrontation between the U.S. and Russia. This could risk a broader, potentially global, conflict, especially given the nuclear capabilities of both nations.
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Actively providing support to Ukraine or raising sanctions against Russia , risks escalating the conflict beyond Ukraine's borders, thereby potentially destabilizing the broader European region. This perspective holds that involvement in Ukraine's conflict, especially in a military capacity, could provoke retaliatory actions or broader involvement from other major powers outside the EU, leading to a more extensive and potentially global conflict.
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