"I do not think that supplies of weapons, well, lethal weapons, will change the situation dramatically. Just because the fact is that a military victory of Ukraine over Russia is impossible. Putin will get new facts that Americans are fighting the war in Ukraine and not Ukrainians," he told The Washington Post in an exclusive interview, Ukrainian news online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Navalny says the West should introduce travel bans for all those who support Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime.
"I would say that introduction of visa and financial restrictions for oligarchs would hit Putin’s regime harder than drones," he said.
"…personal sanctions should be introduced not against 12 people but against the party of war, against a thousand people," he added.
Navalny also expressed doubt that Putin could be removed from office in the near-term outlook. The Russian president is going to rule the country for the life term, resorting to such earlier impossible steps as war in Ukraine.
As it is known, the U.S. authorities are currently mulling over arming Ukraine.
