Less 'European family', more howitzers: Ukraine needs hardware, not cosy words | Peter Pomerantsev

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Change regulations to make production easier; incentivise business to invest long term; unite university research with learning from the frontlines.
52% : Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union, speaks emotively about Ukraine being part of the "European family"; however, when it comes to security, the EU has thus far been well meaning but impotent.
43% : "It was a sad revelation for us when we realised the EU is not a true union when it comes to industrial production," one Ukrainian expert told me.
32% : Instead of relying on ageing acronyms rife with political contradictions, Edward Lucas, of the Center for European Policy Analysis, says we need "coalitions of the willing, capable and threat aware".

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