I see a lot of wishful thinking or even complete delusion here.<p>Ukraine did not lose its air force and its also got replenished, if somebody paid attention. It continued to have air defense capacity during the whole duration of the conflict and Russia has never gained air superiority over whole Ukrainian territory and is limited to use air force only when there are no other alternative or when the possible gains appear to be very large.<p>Landmass that Russia has captured appears to be big, but it is mainly in the south that is very difficult to keep as there are not many big strongholds and this was the reason why the south was lost in the first place.<p>This begs to ask the question - what are really the intentions of the author? Is she honest, can she actually trusted to provided any factually true information? Is there an agenda to advance that is not beneficial to Europe but the opposite?<p>Be careful when reading this piece.<p>Personally it is behind my comprehension how can somebody comfortably discuss about mutual benefit between Europe and a genocidal regime but there she is.