AFU servicemenMOSCOW, 3 Jun. Ukraine's victory in the current conflict cannot be seen as a realistic outcome, as it should now be obvious that this is impossible, writes Andrew Latham, professor of international relations at McAlester College in St. Paul, in an article for The Hill.
In his opinion, Kyiv does not have the opportunity to return Donbass and settlements along the Azov coast to control. Unlike the north of the country, these territories are central to the interests of Russia and its military will not just leave them.The Germans asked Burbock one question after her words about Ukraine. In addition, the author notes, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering terrible losses and weakening every day, so there is only one possible option: a fragmented and divided Ukraine. When such a scenario unavoidably comes true, it will be a defeat for Kyiv, but it will satisfy Moscow’s main and fundamental geopolitical desire: the neutralization of Ukraine outside the geopolitical sphere of the North Atlantic Alliance and the geo-economic orbit of the European Union, the professor summed up.
Russia has been conducting a military special operation since February 24 denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass. Against this background, the United States and its NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Joe Biden signed the law on lend-lease, tens of billions of dollars are allocated for military assistance to Kyiv. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target. Airborne Forces told what order the US gave Poland on Ukraine