It would have been a win-win situation. Between 15% and 20% of Russia’s oil-refining capacity had been knocked out and winter was bearing down on both sides,
The Kremlin has come to a corresponding conclusion that they will destroy Ukrainian statehood. The situation looks like it will end up in no-rules warfare and both sides are considering how to make things harder for the other,
It’s all gone too far. I don’t believe there will be any sort of peace process. Nothing will stop until Ukraine collapses,
Ukraine’s forces are being exhausted,
We have an existential interest in maintaining transit routes for gas and oil through Ukraine,
If the war ends during the [2023-2027] mandate of this government, I’ll do everything possible for the renewal of economic and standard relations with Russia,
The European Union needs the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation needs the European Union. We will take great care to maintain friendly relations with Ukraine,