Australians with close ties to Ukraine say Putin’s invasion has so galvanised Ukraine that the war can now end only with his retreat or downfall.
Ukraine’s morale and resolve to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion is still getting stronger, and has galvanised a more powerful and enduring Ukrainian identity, according to Australians with close ties to the country.. But his inability to back down means he will have to be ousted if the conflict is to end.
Mr Spenceley said Kyiv government polling last year found 60 per cent of Ukrainians would not countenance surrendering any territory in exchange for peace. Now, that figure was 97 per cent.Even in the formerly Russian-speaking areas such as the Donbas, more than 80 per cent of people supported the prospect of Ukraine attacking Russia itself.set up the charity United Ukraine AppealWhen he was growing up in Soviet-era Ukraine, the one thing everybody had in common was that they spoke Russian.
“Vladimir Putin is the founding father of Ukrainian identity. The thing he fears the most – a Western-leaning, Eurocentric, democratic country on his doorstep – he’s got it, because he started that war.”Mr Zelinsky, who has Russian and Ukrainian heritage and has reported from Ukraine for the, said even though Mr Putin had lost the battle for Ukrainian hearts and minds, he couldn’t stop fighting.
“At some point, there’s going to be a realisation among the Russian elite that ‘there might not be a way out of this for Putin, but there’s a way out of this for us’,” he said – and that would lead to Mr Putin’s ousting.Mr Vynokur was less sure that a leader-centric, autocratic system like Russia would readily or easily dispense with its figurehead.
“It’s working: the Russian population supports the war more now than it did on the very first day, which is entirely insane. Because they now feel like they’re being attacked,” he said.
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