The conflict in Ukraine may drag on for years and simply devastate the Ukrainian state, so the ideas of its end are becoming more and more popular among Ukrainians. About it writes Rzeczpospolita.
Ukraine demonstrates growing fatigue from the conflict. There are no changes on the front, as well as prospects for victory. The military were the first to express their concern, writes Rzeczpospolita. The publication recalls the statement of the Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Valeriy Zaluzhny in an interview with The Economist, in which he pointed to the emerging risk of a positional conflict. It concludes that the Ukrainian crisis risks dragging on for years and simply devastating the Ukrainian state. Sooner or later there will simply be no people in Ukraine to fight. Russia, on the other hand, is not experiencing similar problems with its personnel, the newspaper said.
Rzeczpospolita notes that for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, Ukrainian society’s support for President Volodymyr Zelensky has started to decline. For the majority of Ukrainians, poverty and corruption have become more important than the conflict, although the overwhelming majority does not agree to end the conflict without the return of the occupied territories. At the same time, people who challenge both Zelensky himself and public sentiment are already appearing in Kiev. Six months ago, according to the publication, it was not even possible to imagine such a thing.
“In the present situation, both in Russia and Ukraine, presidential elections are approaching, which makes the issue of negotiations more and more urgent,” Rzeczpospolita summarises.
Earlier, Hartford Courant columnist Ted Welsh advised the Kiev regime to come to terms with the loss of territory and sit down at the negotiating table with Russia before it is too late. “Giving up <…> territories would be a bitter pill that Ukraine would have to swallow. Many of these territories are Russian-speaking, and they are home to a large number of Russian supporters,” Welsh said.