“What had the chance to be a short-term crisis now demands a long-term strategy,” says Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, issuing a stark warning that the longer the world delays in confronting Russia’s full-scale invasion, the more entrenched and expansive the war will become. Her remarks reflect growing urgency in Kyiv, where officials believe the West’s incremental, hesitant approach is giving the Kremlin time to adapt, escalate, and build new alliances.