Europe Moves to Arm Ukraine as Sanctions Fail to Sway Putin

Ukraine's allies in Europe are moving beyond their usual emphasis on diplomacy and sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with a new focus on urgently arming Kyiv as the best chance at changing Vladimir Putin's decision-making.

After six weeks of a war that sanctions have done little to ease — and no sign that negotiations with Russia will produce any result — some of the bloc's least likely warriors are calling for more weapons.
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On Monday Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock — from the traditionally pacifist Green Party — called for sending "more military equipment, above all heavy weapons. "There is no time to make excuses."