Russia has already won the Ukraine war. Since Russia’s invasion a year ago, Volodymyr Zelensky and his Western patrons have waged an unwinnable war.
With his war won, Vladimir Putin now decides its conclusion based upon his stated metrics: The physical protection of “ancestral, ethnic Russians” who dominate eastern Ukraine; and what he calls Ukraine’s “demilitarisation”. Putin’s first goal is within touching distance, and the demilitarisation goal grows ever closer.
With his war won, Vladimir Putin now decides its conclusion based upon his stated metrics: The physical protection of “ancestral, ethnic Russians” who dominate eastern Ukraine; and what he calls Ukraine’s “demilitarisation”. Putin’s first goal is within touching distance, and the demilitarisation goal grows ever closer.