Ukrainian soldiers near the border with Belarus, January 11. GLEB GARANICH/Portal
ANALYSIS – For Ukrainians, Russians, and even Westerners, a new reality is beginning to take hold: It’s too late to back down.
The lifting of the tank taboo by France, the US, Britain, Poland and Germany has taken the Russian war in Ukraine to a new level. After ten months of struggle, a new reality is gradually being imposed on all direct or indirect actors in the conflict: it is too late to back down.
First for the Ukrainians. At the start of the Russian offensive, when the future in Kyiv seemed uncertain, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was open to negotiations with the Kremlin. He had even considered shelving the Crimean issue, the most sensitive. This door has been closed for a long time. The crimes of Russian forces against Ukrainian civilians, the rapes and murders, the extent of the destruction, the casualties and the number of dead, the imperialist madness of Vladimir Putin sticking to his war aims, as well as the success of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the autumn …
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