The war between Russia and Ukraine drags on. It’s clear that Ukraine is putting up a much better fight against Russian forces than most people thought. However, the West will be needed to help Ukraine continue its resistance to Russian forces.

Defense experts and strategists believe that continued support can make or break Ukraine’s resistance. It could even swing the war’s outcomes in Ukraine’s favor. This is something which seemed impossible two weeks ago when Russia invaded.

“There may be a balance point.” [in the war]”Is shifted in favor of Ukraine,” Wojciech Lorenz, senior analyst at the International Security Programme of The Polish Institute of International Affairs told CNBC on Thursday.

He said that additional support by NATO members, in terms of intelligence and arms shipments as well as other aid forms “really does make a difference” and was the reason Russia has been doing so poorly.

It could come to a point where Ukraine can not only repel Russian forces but can also launch counteroffensives against them and “reclaim lost territory.”

While Ukraine is a hero for resisting Russia’s invasion, it has also won the admiration of governments all over the world. However, Russia has been sanctioned heavily, leaving Ukraine economically, politically, and financially vulnerable.

The World Bank’s Chief Economist predicts that Russia will be edging toward a default on its foreign debtWhile Russian consumers feel the pinch of the central banks’s decision to close down many of their foreign businesses, they are also seeing many Russian brands withdrawing from Russia. interest rate hike to 20% to bolster the crumbling ruble.

But, Ukrainian officials repeatedly appealed to Western officials for more assistance. This ranges from more actionable maneuvers — such as imposing the full weight of sanctions on Russia and providing more arms — to the more problematic plea for a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine. NATO refused to grant the request for the “no-fly zone” over Ukraine. saying this could bring it into direct confrontation with Russia.

According to strategists, Zelenskyy must maintain support for Ukraine without NATO’s extra support.

All significant weapons shipping must stop at this point. [Zelenskyy]Every word of support that he gets and any action NATO takes to help Ukraine, he does so.

Lesser described Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine as “outrageous” and said that it was vital to maintain the momentum for support, whether it be through media coverage or emotional support. He questioned the viability of such support for so long.

There is already an emphasis on energy security and the costs to Western economies and publics, as well as the stability of international financial systems. While these issues are very important, Zelenskyy sees them as distractions from the main problem: the fate of the Ukrainian people.

Lesser stated that the West would likely be more willing to continue their support for Ukraine if it “believes that Ukraine can make use of it.”

Lorenz claimed that Putin’s intentions were clear when Russia made demands to NATO and the U.S. last December. They demanded that legal safeguards be provided that prevent NATO’s expansion eastwards and deployment of arms that are not permitted by the U.S. as Putin said in early December, “threaten us in close vicinity to Russian territory.”

“Russia just needs to be strategically defeated,” Lorenz said, because if Putin feels that he has “achieved a victory by further undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, or the West forces Ukraine to accept some humiliating peace conditions like the recognition of the annexation of Crimea or the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, then it will only mean that in a couple of years we’ll have war between Russia and NATO.”

Russia seems to be becoming increasingly aggressive in its wars, with its military attacking an infant hospital on Wednesday and a maternity unit on Wednesday. Russia claimed it had not targeted civiliansThe attack on the hospital left no survivors, even though images show that civilians were involved. Ukraine accused itYou can be convicted of another war crime.

Russia has been rumored to resort to biological warfare in its war against Ukraine. Officials from intelligence fear that Russia could use this pretext to attack Ukraine with chemical and nuclear weapons, as well as any other nations, if Russia feels threatened.

At the start of Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, Putin warned Western nations that any interference in what he called Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine would be met with “consequences greater than any you have faced in history.” He refused to give details as to what it would involve.

Analysts agree that NATO’s current approach of allowing members to assist Ukraine in their own ways while avoiding any collective action is right. If Russia’s aggressions against Ukraine turn darker, such a stance could be harder to maintain.

Charles Kupchan (senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations) said that NATO allies are rightly worried about the prospect of a militarization that could result in a bigger war between NATO, Russia.” He also praised “impressive steps” taken so far by the alliance to offer military support for Ukraine.

He stated that such support was helping Ukrainians to resist Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s democratic government and military are doing their best. “

Just how far Russia would — or could — go to retaliate against any nation helping Ukraine is uncertain, with analysts saying Putin’s increasingly reckless and unpredictable behavior makes it hard to judge.

“Considering where Russia currently stands, the potential for retaliation is currently limited — basically, Russia can’t afford to retaliate beyond provocation and scaremongering,” Anton Barbashin, a political analyst and editorial director of the journal Riddle Russia, told CNBC on Wednesday. Given the Ukraine’s tangle, Russia is unlikely to take any action.

He warned that there are other options available.