But at the same time, the West will be able to give Ukraine tanks, artillery, maybe even F-15s. Ukraine did not have that much on February 24, 2022 but they were able to survive the first day of the invasion with the best equipment and training the Russians had at the time. Now? They've lost all of their VDK paratroopers. All of their tanks are gone. They still have a lot of artillery. They can't use their planes or helicopters due to Ukrainian missile defense system.
True. But the perception is of an ever lurking danger