Russia's war against Ukraine has not reached a dead end. Maintaining high levels of Western military assistance could allow Kyiv to win.
This was stated by historian Timothy Snyder, writes The Guardian.
He noted that he hated the stalemate analogy because war is not a game of chess.
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“In chess there are so many pieces on the board, and the reason why you get stuck is because your pieces are positioned in a certain way,” said the historian.
According to Snyder, war is not a mirror image of a board game because there is no limit to the amount of resources or weapons available to each side.
“The reason I hate the stalemate analogy is that it suggests that we can’t just dump five more queens onto the Ukrainian board, and we can do that at any time,” he stressed.
While the historian conceded that Kiev's ground offensive had run its course, largely due to the difficulty of clearing Russia's deep defensive belt, he argues that Ukraine showed significantly greater ingenuity in repelling the initial invasion, retaking some territory.
“The big and unpredictable thing is that the Ukrainians have shown that they can do much more than we expected. And I think this is the point where we have to keep pressing. If they can do more overall than we expect, then we should try to find ways to help them,” Snyder concluded.
Earlier, Czech President Petr Pavel said that the Russian Federation would need 5-7 years to restore its combat capability, but this would depend on the results of the war in Ukraine.
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