2024-04-06 20:05 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang/Reporting in real time
It has been more than two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. As the Russian army intensifies its air strikes and advances again, the war shows no signs of ending. The Washington Post reported on the 6th that the options range from bad to worse for what Ukrainian President Zelensky should do next, let alone how to win this war.
The report pointed out that Zelensky had said that Ukraine would accept nothing more than the return of all territory. However, the battle lines will change very little in 2023, and the possibility of using force to regain the large tracts of land in Wudong and Wunan currently occupied by Russia seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
As for negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war, it is politically poisonous. Uzbek public opinion is extremely opposed to handing over the country, and Putin has not shown a willingness to accept any result other than Uzbek surrender. Zelensky has stated that he will refuse to negotiate as long as there are Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. However, the current situation is very bad, the war has reached a stalemate, and Ukrainians are dying on the battlefield every day, but they also say that a ceasefire is not feasible because this will only give Russia time to replenish its military strength.
Ukrainian and Western officials believe President Zelensky is essentially in trouble. The United States is the most important military backer, but a new round of aid has been blocked by Republican congressmen. The F-16 fighters agreed to be delivered by various countries are expected to be put into combat in the second half of the year, but the number is limited, which means that the F-16 will not change the rules of the battlefield game. NATO members still exercise restraint on aid, as evidenced by the uproar caused by French President Macron not ruling out sending troops.
A Ukrainian lawmaker who was interviewed anonymously said, “How Zelensky will get out of this situation? I don’t know, and this certainly worries me.”
For Zelensky, the most difficult problem will be to control domestic expectations. National support for him remains high, but after two years of war and huge casualties, a Western diplomat in Kiev pointed out that “unity It’s not stable.” “Everyone wants a quick solution, but everyone has begun to understand that there will be no quick solution,” a senior Ukrainian official said.
In addition, 2024 is supposed to be an election year in Ukraine, but the constitution prohibits elections under martial law. Some officials worry that Russia will try to portray Zelensky as an illegitimate ruler if he serves longer than his five-year elected term. But the Washington Post believes that this matter itself is hypocritical, after all, Putin himself has repeatedly ignored term limits.
At the same time, Zelensky will also have to fulfill his oft-repeated promise to return to the 1991 Russia-Ukraine border, including Crimea, which was annexed 10 years ago. The Ukrainian MP bluntly stated that “smart people know that this is unrealistic” and that political leaders “need to adjust this kind of rhetoric at some point.”
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2024-04-06 12:05:45
