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Space is the perfect target. But let’s not forget: as dependent as we are on space, so is Russia.

At the height of the fighting in Donbas, Russia was using more ammunition in two days than the entire British military has in stock,” notes the Royal United Services Institute, a British think tank.

Political leaders have not yet clearly defined what the goal of these sanctions is, perhaps they don't even know exactly. They introduced the sanctions under pressure, because not imposing them would disappoint both the voters and the Ukrainian state and send a clear signal to the Kremlin about the weakness of the West. In 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, the West imposed too soft sanctions, so now we have the last chance to show our tough stance against aggressive Russia..."