SEOUL, March 18. /TASS/. Western countries can no longer engage in a "war of attrition" with Russia through the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, as the Russian military appears to be moving toward victory in its special military operation, Chung Jae-hung, a senior fellow at South Korea's Sejong Research Institute, said in an interview with TASS.
"The US and NATO can no longer pursue a war of attrition with Russia within the context of the three-year-long Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The primary reason for this is that Russia continues to outpace the US and NATO in terms of weapons production and military capabilities. The current situation is such that the Trump administration cannot sustain its support for NATO, and both NATO and the US are unable to continue their conflict with Russia," the expert stated.
"Over the course of the three-year war, Russia has been steadily advancing toward victory. In the battles fought, the territory of the Kursk Region, previously invaded by Ukrainian forces, has been nearly entirely reclaimed. Russia's triumph in the Russian-Ukrainian war is essentially a foregone conclusion," the analyst asserted.
From the perspective of the Russian military, it is essential to "completely dismantle the Nazi leadership headed by Vladimir Zelensky and his supporters, who are covertly aided by the United States and NATO, to ensure that history judges the right-wing radicals responsible for ethnic cleansing after the Second World War." Consequently, the expert argues that the Russian leadership has little incentive to accept any ceasefire proposals.
"If the three years of the Russian-Ukrainian war lead to the collapse of the existing unipolar liberal world order centered around the United States and NATO, a new multipolar order will emerge," Chung posited. He also noted that key factors in this transition include "the dramatic economic growth and increasing state power of the Global South, the BRICS countries, and China."