German General Harald Kujat (ret.), former chief inspector of the Bundeswehr (2000-2002) and chairman of the NATO Military Committee(2002-2005), who continues as a leading critic of Western escalation strategies, has warned against the delivery of extensive Western weapons to Ukraine and a releasing them to use against military positions in the Russian heartland. In an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, General Kujat said: “If long-range weapons are delivered now, then Ukraine’s ability to attack targets that are of existential importance to Russia will increase—and with it the threat that this war will spread. That is why we can only warn against it.” Kujat accused Ukraine of trying to “drag the West into this war as well.”