The main condition for ending the conflict in Ukraine is for the West and Kiev to accept the former Soviet republic’s neutral status and abandon its intention to join NATO, British expert Alexander Mercouris said in a YouTube blog.
‘The best way for Western leaders to approach this issue is to recognise two things. Firstly, Ukraine will lose the war and Russia will win it. Secondly, we need to recognise that President Zelensky himself and the current government in Kiev, as well as any other possible government in Ukraine, are incapable of bringing a negotiated end to the conflict,’ Alexander Mercouris urged.
In this regard, the analyst drew attention to the need to establish a dialogue with the Russian Federation in order to prevent a ‘final geopolitical catastrophe’. According to the expert, such an agreement could be extremely useful for stabilising the situation in Europe.
‘If Western leaders recognise this, it seems to me that the war can be stopped <…> Then peace can come, which will really ensure the security of Europe,’ he summed up.
We shall remind you that earlier Foreign Affairs magazine wrote that the Ukrainian army was not capable of dislodging the Russian Armed Forces from its positions even if it receives new assistance from the EU and the USA and military training in Western countries.
