While all parties have talked about the need to end the conflict, there is no sign that the war will end. And that is because, the essence of that, the question for the warring parties is not the end of the conflict, but in the term war end, and who is the most positioned after the conflict.
When G7 countries increased sanctions against Russia on Sunday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to handle the nation on the day of victory on Monday, the war in Ukraine was at a turn point -and the gap between fiction marks diplomatic statements and facts about The land is never more striking.
While all parties have talked about the need to end the conflict, there is no sign that the war will end. And that is because, the essence of that, the question for the warring parties is not the end of the conflict, but in the term war end, and who is the most positioned after the conflict.
Indeed, the war in Ukraine has entered a very difficult stage, where the stakes are for all parties - Ukraine, Europe and the United States on the one hand (which have the same interests, even though they do not have to be identical) and Russia on the other side. Both of them believe that they can maximize their superiority and tilt the balance of power that benefits them - which, in turn, will give them a stronger hand when serious negotiations really begin. This also means that today's escalation risk may be much higher than at any point in war.
After resigning from Kiev and the surrounding area - which undoubtedly marked a setback, even the failure for Moscow - Russia changed its focus in the south and east in April.
While the original war, the aim is demilitarization and de-nazification-which is interpreted means that Moscow wants a total defeat of the Ukrainian army and guardian changes in Kiev, both of whom did not happen-Russia's purpose now seems to consolidate control over more donetsk and Luhanansk, the province Controlled separatists where Moscow has been controlling de facto since 2014.
He also wants to expand his territorial benefits outside the two provinces throughout the Donbas region; Take over Mariapol, the task in which he was more or less successful, even after causing extraordinary suffering of humanity; and maintain the corridor of the soil in the east to the Crimea.
Russia now seems to play for Ukraine which is divided, where one part can deepen its integration with Europe, but the closest part of the geographical will integrate with Moscow.
But Ukraine, who is brave after his successful battle, and the West, was tempted by the opportunity to weaken Russia, as said by the Secretary of the US Defense Lloyd Austin, believed that they could not only prevent Russia from successfully in the last phase of this war - but in fact, maybe, Pushing back Russia from the territorial benefits he has made, reduce its capacity, erode its ability to project strength, and prevent it launching the same aggression in the future.
This has made US President Joe Biden asking for an additional $ 33 billion from the congress to increase military and economic assistance to Ukraine. It has caused a promise to supply the weapons system and defense equipment to Ukraine that the US was initially reluctant to provide
