Together with his friend Ursula von der Leyen, they are trying to uphold the fading justification to finance a never-ending war, already taken tens of billions of euros – and there is no end in sight. How long will the EU be able to support Ukraine and realize that diplomacy should and must play a more significant role in this conflict? Diminishing stock of its ammunition reserves and other war material weakens the EU’s defence in the long term. There are already concerns about the EU’s ability to manufacture enough ammunition to support Ukraine’s war effort.
The United States House of Representatives’ latest decision to support Israel’s fight against the uprising in Gaza has also deprived the military support aimed earlier at Ukraine. If Pres. Biden cannot secure the aid in the coming days; it would be a severe blow to Zelenskyy. There is also a growing divide within the US government over whether to continue backing Ukraine, potentially leaving the EU alone – even Ukraine’s top general, Valeri Zaluzhnyi, made a statement supporting the claim of stalemate. Has Ukraine’s president stopped listening to his generals?
Ukraine’s counterattack has stopped, and winter is closing in. The world will see another brutal winter, forcing both sides to dig in and wait for the spring. Winter attack through snow-covered, mine-stricken fields would be suicide. There is also reason to speculate that Ukraine’s war would become a seasoned conflict that repeats itself every spring but produces brutal destruction throughout the year.
