Jeremy Warner notes:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/02/11/zelensky-plays-fawning-western-suitors-like-violin/
Whatever the answer, Zelensky plays his fawning suitors like a violin. Never mind war planes; fast track entry into the European Union is now virtually assured.
But first he's got to win the war. Western aid or not, there is little sign of the required breakthrough, or even a plausible answer to what “winning” really means. Is it taking back all the disputed territory, including Crimea? Without regime change in Russia, there is no chance of that.
In any case, it is remarkable just how resigned we seem to have become to the prospect of war without end, even uninterested.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/02/11/zelensky-plays-fawning-western-suitors-like-violin/
Whatever the answer, Zelensky plays his fawning suitors like a violin. Never mind war planes; fast track entry into the European Union is now virtually assured.
But first he's got to win the war. Western aid or not, there is little sign of the required breakthrough, or even a plausible answer to what “winning” really means. Is it taking back all the disputed territory, including Crimea? Without regime change in Russia, there is no chance of that.
In any case, it is remarkable just how resigned we seem to have become to the prospect of war without end, even uninterested.
Russian exodus stands to redefine the country for generations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/russia-diaspora-war-ukraine/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/russia-diaspora-war-ukraine/
What Russia Got Wrong: Can Moscow Learn from Its
Failures in Ukraine?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/what-russia-got-wrong-moscow-failures-in-ukraine-dara-massicot
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/what-russia-got-wrong-moscow-failures-in-ukraine-dara-massicot