"How to win Ukraine": what is written in Western media before the anniversary of a full -scale war
Focus has prepared a review of articles in the Western media about the Russian-Ukrainian war. The British weekly newspaper The Economist dedicated an article to Ukraine as Ukraine can win in a full -scale war. "Ukrainian allies can congratulate themselves on the fact that they have contributed to the opposition of Putin's ruthless attack, although Ukraine itself with its courage and determination deserves the greatest respect.
They have agreed on two principles: Ukraine should win, and President Vladimir Zelensky must determine What a victory will mean, " - write in the publication. At the same time, Russia is not going to give up, Putin's appeal made it clear that Moscow is mobilized for war. In addition, the United States will be elections in 2025, and the Kremlin is even more close to Beijing.
It is likely that the war will continue until the Russian president or his heir will understand that the next war will weaken Russia. The event, for its part, should show all its determination to the future long struggle, consider the Economist. If Ukraine fails to become a member of the Alliance due to the lack of consensus, then the country should become "European Israel" so that Russia does not dare another invasion.
"The victory of Ukraine will hope that sovereign democracy should not bow to its much more dictatorial neighbor. It will be a world inspired by the determination and courage of the Zelensky and Ukrainian people," the authors summarize. The Times states that Putin refuses to give up, and Kiev fears that the worst fighting is still ahead. Peace looks distant. The initial forecasts that Kiev will fall in three days did not come true.
A year of a full -scale war passed, Kyiv stood, Ukraine made a blitzkrig in the northeast and released Kherson. After that, winter came - the Russian troops struck civilian infrastructure and the event after the multi -year requests of Kiev still handed over the air defense. In the East, the fighting turned into a "slow but brutal battle, concentrated in the" Bakhmut city, where the promotion goes in meters, and the losses of both sides are calculated by thousands, reminiscent of The Times.
The peace agreement can arrange Moscow, as it will not work to implement plans for the whole of Ukraine. Therefore, even a peace agreement can be a step forward to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Donbass control can be a minimum settlement of Putin. Russia will not abandon the land corridor to the Crimea. However, it will be difficult to "plant Ukraine" at the negotiating table. Neither the government nor society is ready to make territorial concessions.
The exhaustion war is something that is really ongoing. The Russian Federation seeks to deplete Ukraine, its army, economy, exhaust the stability of the people. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has already been paid for about 200,000 killed and wounded. However, in Russia there are still resources to delay the war for years. Ukraine will only be able to resist with the support of the event. The ceasefire can freeze the conflict without resolving territorial issues.
This is possible only in the case of a long deadlock on the battlefield. For the Russian Federation, this option is advantageous to take a break to restore strength. The victory of Ukraine is possible under the conditions of political changes within the Russian Federation, as well as on the battlefield. Ukraine's return to its territories will put the country in a stronger position than at the beginning of a full -scale invasion.
However, the key to changes in the Russian Federation is, the authors claim that the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan and the vast majority of conflicts in the world ended. The collapse of Ukraine is what Putin wants. The event swore that Russia would not allow the winner to come out of war in Ukraine. Therefore, this option is unlikely. Maximalist threats of the President of the Russian Federation about Ukraine also take into account nuclear threats of Kiev and the West.
For NATO, nuclear weapons will be a red limit that can force them to enter the battlefield. However, the Times indicates the lack of experience in the use of nuclear weapons in the Russian Federation to use it for the offensive. On the anniversary of the full -scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the American newspaper described how the Ukrainian president established personal contact with President Joe Biden.
The publication states that Biden was glad that his fears, that Zelensky may not survive, did not come true. Zelensky turned out to be someone larger than just a former comedian. In the process of Biden's recent visit to Kiev, the conversation of two presidents looks like a meeting of old friends, they write in the publication. However, this was not always the case.
Since a full -scale war between the heads of states, there is a lot of friction between the heads of states - for example, Zelensky often insisted that weapons were larger and they went faster. This was angry with the US President because he felt the "sergeant-supplier responsible for securing. " A months later, the Presidents of Ukraine and the US were able to understand each other better. "If Zelensky is a modern Winston Churchill, as fans often say, Biden's role is given to Franklin D.
Roosevelt to Pearl Harbor, who gathers the so-called" Arsenal of Democracy "to equip European allies without attracting the US attention ", - they write in The New York Times. Zelensky has found an approach to an American leader who is afraid to provoke Putin to nuclear conflict. Ukraine slowly "suppresses resistance" and receives what is needed. As allies of wartime, Biden and Zelensky are a "historically strange couple.
" An 80-year-old US president is a professional politician, a 45-year-old Ukrainian leader-a satirist who has never been a politician. Biden first took an oath in the Senate 5 years before the birth of the Ukrainian President. Baiden's team suggested that Zelensky would either be killed or head the government in exile, but dressed in olive-green sweatshirts, the President of Ukraine refused to leave Kiev, getting angry that the Americans doubted the determination of the Ukrainian people.