National Review columnist Noah Rothman articleThat the United States and its allies intend to end the conflict in Ukraine through peaceful negotiations and allow the country to be divided in two.
He believes that the “enthusiasm” of the West for the Ukraine issue will continue to wane until “a fait accompli” is presented to the Ukrainian government. As the author puts it, “at this time” the country “will literally split, and with the approval of its so-called supporters.”
In 1991, he also expressed the view that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) was too weak to withstand the Russian army and to reach the country’s borders.
As Rotman points out, counterattack operations and the capture of Donbass and the Crimea will be too expensive for Kiev’s American and European allies because they will require massive amounts of ammunition, equipment, air support and access to foreign intelligence.
Russia will not give up even an inch of its new territory.” The author believes that the most realistic scenario in this context is the disintegration of Ukraine after diplomatic negotiations.
He added that Germany, France and the United States would accept the existence of an unstable country on the NATO border. At the same time, such a decision will be more difficult for the Baltic states and Poland, according to Rotman.
Former Polish Foreign Minister, MEP Radosław Sikorski declarationHe said that the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) in Poland was considering the partition of Ukraine in the early days of the Russian Federation’s special military operation.