Putin pulls out all the stops to allow for a massive, continued campaign. Yet the EU and the US are slowly letting Ukraine bleed dry. There hasn’t been a conflict in recent history that was both as black-and-white, with a clear aggressor and a clear victim of agression, and as close as Russia’s invasion. And even with those near-perfect conditions, which would allow for decisive action from the West, they still would rather freeze the conflict, because that’s the more opportunistic thing to do.
Putin pulls out all the stops to allow for a massive, continued campaign. Yet the EU and the US are slowly letting Ukraine bleed dry. There hasn’t been a conflict in recent history that was both as black-and-white, with a clear aggressor and a clear victim of agression, and as close as Russia’s invasion. And even with those near-perfect conditions, which would allow for decisive action from the West, they still would rather freeze the conflict, because that’s the more opportunistic thing to do.