The outcome of the war in Ukraine will be determined by “who breaks first,” Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said at the Munich Security Conference, where Zelensky responded to Trump’s call for a quick peace and outlined the terms and conditions for elections in Ukraine. According to Sikorski, Russia appears determined to test the resolve of the Ukrainian people as its own economy comes under increasing pressure, The Guardian reports.
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“Putin says he wants peace. And in a sense, every dictator and every conqueror wants peace: if you surrender and capitulate, you will have peace. But the question is under what conditions,” said Sikeorsky. “And it seems that Russia can tolerate Ukrainianism as a kind of provincial version of Russian folklore. But Russia cannot tolerate Ukraine, or at least Putin cannot, as a nation with its own identity, history, interests, including security interests, and its own desire to integrate with organizations other than Russian ones. The question in this war is who will break first. And the Ukrainians are showing that they will not break on the front lines.”
Russia's achievements are insignificant, and history teaches us that bombing the population does not work, the minister added.
“So the main question is when Putin will run out of resources to fight this war,” the minister believes. “And the cracks are starting to show in the Russian economy.”
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The Polish Foreign Minister also recalled his previous opinion that Europe should be at the peace negotiation table, as the stakes are “incredibly high” not only for Ukraine or the eastern flank of Europe.
“It's about Europe's place in the future and the distribution of power in the world, or, in other words, who will be the third leg – China, the United States, and either Russia or the European Union. Don't ask me who I would prefer,” Sikorski said.
Earlier, US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said that China could stop the war with one call to Putin.
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