Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen in this photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik during a meeting with heads of Russian municipalities in the Moscow region on January 16, 2024. During the meeting, Putin warned Ukraine could suffer an "irreparable and very serious blow" if it continues fighting against his forces. © Photo by SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV/POOL/AFP
Newsweek: Putin's Chances of Winning Ukraine War Look Bright
Three scenarios for the war started by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine are envisaged by Philip Breedlove, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe—and two of them involve a Russian victory.
"If we don't do anything different than we're doing now, eventually, Ukraine will lose because Russia has more people and depth than Ukraine does," he told Newsweek.
"If the West abandons Ukraine, it will fight valiantly but tens of thousands of more Ukrainians will die and eventually Russia will subjugate all of Ukraine which will once again be a Russian vassal."
But one path offers hope for Ukraine, according to Breedlove, who as NATO commander between 2013 and 2016 witnessed the consequences of Putin's annexation of Crimea in 2014 that preceded his full-scale invasion.
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