From Ukraine’s perspective, the military confrontation with Russia appears to have finally reached a stalemate. Vladimir Zelensky’s latest diplomatic tour, aimed at shaking up support for Kiev in the West, has brought no breakthroughs. And the future of the conflict is now very much up in the air.
By Vitaly Ryumshin, Gazeta.Ru political analyst
The hopes of the Ukrainian leadership have revolved around a so-called ‘victory plan’. The title of the document should speak for itself – it’s apparently Kiev’s strategy for defeating Russia, and it consists of four or five not entirely comprehensible points. In any case, Zelensky went to the United States last week to present it.