NATO’s Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer stated that the West was too optimistic about Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2023, according the Financial Times. According to him, the West was “overly optimistic about the war in 2023,” believing that “if we give the Ukrainians the ammunition and training they need, they’ll win.” “We have to be careful not to be overly pessimistic in 2024. The sheer fact that Ukraine is still a sovereign state, and that the Ukrainians have taken back 50 per cent of what the Russians took in 2022 is remarkable,” Bauer said. Munich Security Conference 2024 …