Putin’s failure to achieve his “maximalist” goals in Ukraine cannot yet be taken for granted, but “only continued Western support for Ukraine can ensure that these goals remain unattainable.” This is the bulletin of the latest analysis on the situation in Ukraine published by the highly regarded Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). «It must be emphasized – we read in the text – that Russian forces have failed to force Ukraine to capitulate to Putin’s maximalist objectives of replacing the Ukrainian government with a government acceptable to the Kremlin, destroying Ukraine’s ability to resist any future requests from the Russian Federation and prohibit Ukraine from choosing its own diplomatic policy and military partnership. Recently, Putin has once again emphasized that his goals in Ukraine remain the same, and he and senior Kremlin officials increasingly resort to expansionist rhetoric, indicating that these goals do not preclude further Russian territorial gains in Ukraine,” analysts say.
According to who «it is clear that Russia’s victory on Putin’s terms will not necessarily mean a large-scale annexation of Ukraine by Russia and the complete destruction of the Ukrainian state, but, nevertheless, it implies the destruction of the existing Ukrainian state and its transformation in an entity under complete Russian domination, which will most likely require a large-scale Russian occupation.”
In this contingency, according to the ISW, the cessation of Western aid could lead to the definitive weakening of Ukraine’s ability to contain Russian forces. However, “the current war of position is not a stalemate, as the precarious balance can easily be tipped in either direction by decisions made in the West.” “Continued Western assistance, which will enable Ukrainian forces to repel current and future Russian offensives and liberate more Ukrainian territory, is the only course of action at this time that can make permanent Russia’s failure to achieve Putin’s goals in Ukraine ». , the final sentence of the report.
Source: IL Tempo

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