How The War In Ukraine Will End | Prof. Nicolai N. Petro

Yep. It's over in all but name. Strategically, the War in Ukraine has been decided, the only question is how long will the West continue the senseless slaughter of the Ukrainians for tactical reasons or out of institutional inability. As always, the neocons drive themselves into a corner from where there is no escaping. At that point they usually open a new front to distract from their failures and just walk away, pretending they had always said the opposite and everybody else was to blame. As Alexander Mercouris says, these people have no reverse gear, but they keep running into walls that get other people's noses bloody.

This is the second interview with Nicolai N. Petro, a Professor for Political Science at Rhode Island University. In this part we talk about possible scenarios for coming to a negotiated settlement and what's needed for that. It is still unlikely that Russia would want to occupy the entirety of Ukraine since that would come with tremendous costs and long-term risks. So even though Russia will dictate the terms of the settlement, there is room for Ukraine to manoeuvre if it just finally frees itself from the grip of its western puppeteers. But then again, the neocons might just get bored and throw Kiev away anyhow.