What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025 | Timothy Garton Ash
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Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:00:12 +0200
Instability is growing, Putins hybrid war in Europe is heating up and for fear of escalation we have encouraged global nuclear proliferatioThere are human activities in which both sides can win.
War is not one of them.
Either Ukraine wins this war or Russia does.
Ukraines former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba says bluntly that unless the current trajectory is changed, we will lose this war.To be clear this is still avoidable.
Suppose the roughly fourfifths of Ukrainian territory still controlled by Kyiv gets military commitments from the west strong enough to deter any further Russian advances, secure largescale investment in economic reconstruction, encourage Ukrainians to return from abroad to rebuild their country, and allow for stable, proEuropean politics and reform.
In five years, the country joins the EU, and then, under a new US administration, starts the process of entering Nato.
Most of Ukraine becomes a sovereign, independent, free country, firmly anchored in the west.Timothy Garton Ash is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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