MOSCOW, 18 Jul. Western countries will gradually weaken support for Ukraine due to the economic pain from anti-Russian sanctions and the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass. Richard Kemp, a columnist for The Telegraph, writes about this. According to him, the United States was ready to endure the negative consequences of restrictive measures and make generous allocations to the Kyiv government if it successfully carried out the task of fighting Russia.
July 11, 20:01Britain revealed a scheme to export oil from Russia in circumvention of sanctions»Now that 54 billion US dollars have already been invested in the conflict, Ukraine is losing,» the author recalled.In order for Kyiv to continue hostilities, it needs even more economic assistance from outside . However, as Kemp predicts, Western leaders, on the contrary, will increase pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia. 1.5 billion euros destined for Ukraine. that support will wane as the crisis drags on and winter approaches, boosting demand for gas and oil. The heads of European states «will step on each other» in order to establish economic relations with Moscow and restore the flow of Russian energy resources, the journalist believes. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to liberate Donbass. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The Ministry of Defense reported that the army had already completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of the Ukrainian security forces and nationalists. 14In Britain, they are waiting for the collapse of enterprises in the event of a shortage of Russian gas
