The Ukraine war thread

Mik

Agreed.

Renauda

Not surprising but sobering all the same:

Putin is also counting on favorable changes in the global geopolitical landscape. Russia has openly welcomed the recent shift in international attention toward the Israel-Hamas conflict; there is good reason to expect this trend to continue in 2024 as global audiences and Western leaders grow increasingly tired of the war in Ukraine.

With the US entering an election year, many in Moscow anticipate that the current Western focus on Ukraine will diminish in the coming months. Putin would no doubt welcome a call from US President Joe Biden proposing some kind of grand bargain to end the war, but he is just as happy to wait until next November’s presidential ballot to see whether a potential new American leader may be prepared to offer even more favorable terms.

Full article:

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-will-win-unless-the-west-finally-commits-to-ukrainian-victory/?mkt_tok=NjU5LVdaWC0wNzUAAAGPMNA3-_AbA4SfhwhvHNfF6lC-A6Bt7DrqLn9PxX4ySn3JJ8rMrOP-uHlNMZX1iI4HQlZo6covP4tgaI3c-bRyhxVq32CS1OHeKFt64pB-HVre