Russia could achieve all its goals in Ukraine by 2025 – newspaper – World

WASHINGTON, October 30. /TASS/. Russia could achieve all its objectives in Ukraine next year if the situation remains so ‘grimy’ for the Ukrainian military. The Washington Post said.

According to the newspaper, Ukrainian forces are desperately trying to hold the line in the east of the country but are losing ground. “Visions of absolute victory are fading. Western support is also declining,” the Washington Post pointed out. In this regard, “the prospect of Ukraine settling for a compromise with Russia <…> increasingly easy to imagine,” the paper noted.

On June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out the country’s conditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine during a meeting with the Foreign Ministry. These include the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donbass and Novorossiya and Kiev’s refusal to join NATO. Moreover, Russia wants all Western sanctions against the country to be lifted and demands that Ukraine commit to a non-aligned and nuclear weapons-free status.