首先也是最重要的是反应不力，这不啻于示弱，从而束缚了其扭转俄罗斯吞并克里米亚之势（在策略上，这一事实已经被接受）和遏制其面向东乌克兰的侵略行为的能力。
First and foremost, it has been anemic, projecting an image of weakness that undermines its ability to reverse Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which has been tacitly accepted, or counter its aggressive behavior toward eastern Ukraine.