Hopes of a military breakthrough along the front or a diplomatic breakthrough in US-mediated talks have yet to materialize, so the pace of Russia\u2019s on-the-ground advance remains glacial, thus meaning that it could take years to achieve Russia\u2019s reported minimum goal of obtaining control over all of Donbass.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also always the chance that Putin will turn the special operation into a formal war in which he\u2019d no longer care about civilian casualties in an attempt to decisively end the conflict on Russia\u2019s terms.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n There are two competing schools of thought about why he hasn\u2019t yet done so.<\/strong><\/p>\n One speculates that he doesn\u2019t want to inadvertently risk an escalation with the US that could easily spiral into World War III…<\/em><\/p>\n …while the other is that he still truly considers Russians and Ukrainians to be one people like he explained at length in summer 2021\u2019s magnum opus, ergo his reluctance to see their civilians suffer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The EU\u2019s unstated goal is to perpetuate the conflict till at least 2029 in the hope that the Democrats will regain control of the White House and resume the US\u2019 Biden-era Ukrainian policy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/eus-eu90-billion-loan-ukraine-meant-buy-time-return-democrats<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Orban\u2019s \u201cdemocratic ouster\u201d is expected to remove Hungary\u2019s procedural opposition to the EU\u2019s planned \u20ac90 billion loan to Ukraine that\u2019ll be financed by members raising common debt. Hopes of a military breakthrough along the front or a diplomatic breakthrough in … Continue reading