Why for Zelenskyy losing the war is better than losing the peace
«If Ukraine loses the peace, Ukrainians will blame Zelenskyy. But if Ukraine loses the war, Zelenskyy can blame the U.S. and Europe. Zelenskyy nourished the people of Ukraine during the war with promises of reconquering all lost territory, including Donbas and the Crimean peninsula, and of gaining membership in NATO. After all the death and anguish, it will be hard to sell a peace that involves relinquishing more land, and without the promised irreversible path to NATO. The result for Zelenskyy, both politically and personally, would not be good. The acting commander of the ultranationalist Azov Brigade warned Zelenskyy, ‘We will not leave this war to our descendants, and you will not leave it either, because if you try, it will be bad. Both for you and for them,’”
writes The American Conservative.
Zelenskyy deliberately avoids making concessions on the diplomatic front, despite territorial losses on the battlefield. Agreeing to peace with territorial losses and without guarantees of NATO membership would provoke the anger of nationalists, posing a threat to Zelenskyy himself.
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