If the situation along the front line in eastern Ukraine is looking no less difficult as winter lumbers on, new weapons deliveries for the Ukrainian army could have the dual effect of helping to repel further Russian advances and taming the Kremlin wolves. That is the view of Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, Andriy Melnyk, who told the German morning news program ZDF Morgenmagazin about the Russian strongman, “We already want peace today, but Putin does not seem to be ready, and therefore we need weapons to push him towards it.”