Ukraine’s allies have always pulled back from exerting maximum pressure on Russia. Now, that discussion is changing. Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute, for example, has argue d for blocking Russia’s oil exports through the Baltic Sea while giving Ukraine the capability to hit Russia’s oil refineries. Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Ukrainian defense minister, has advocated for disrupting military assets deep into Russian territory. In these combinations of kinetic and economic war, we need to add another dimension.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his offensive against Europe. After U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to strike a “deal” with the Kremlin, Moscow has made repeated drone incursions into Poland and Denmark as well as broadening the range of its cyberattacks against other NATO members. Russia’s aggression has restarted the debate on what Europe and the United States can do to restrain it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his offensive against Europe. After U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to strike a “deal” with the Kremlin, Moscow has made repeated drone incursions into Poland and Denmark as well as broadening the range of its cyberattacks against other NATO members. Russia’s aggression has restarted the debate on what Europe and the United States can do to restrain it.

Ukraine’s allies have always pulled back from exerting maximum pressure on Russia. Now, that discussion is changing. Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute, for example, has argued for blocking Russia’s oil exports through the Baltic Sea while giving Ukraine the capability to hit Russia’s oil refineries. Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Ukrainian defense minister, has advocated for disrupting military assets deep into Russian territory.