What occurs if Ukraine loses? | World News
To ask “what if Ukraine loses?” was as soon as a tactic favoured by these seeking to berate its Western allies into sending extra money and weapons. More and more the query feels much less like a thought experiment and extra like the primary stage of contingency planning. After a gruelling few months on the battlefield, gone are final yr’s hopes of a Ukrainian counter-offensive that might push Russia again to its borders and humble Vladimir Putin. As of late it’s worry that dominates: that an present stalemate would possibly crumble in favour of the invader, or of Donald Trump coming again to energy in America and delivering victory to Russia on a silver platter. Though a vanquished Ukraine has turn into a much less far-fetched prospect, it’s no much less horrifying. Sobering because the return of battle on the continent has been, a profitable invasion reaping geopolitical rewards for Mr Putin could be a lot worse.
