>How will this war end?
I'll paraphrase a politician from a few weeks ago.
'Putin is now playing the long-game. He's seen the discord and he's hoping that everyone will get bored and support to Ukraine will fade away.'
Although I see that this weekend Macron and Scholz (and Kissinger) have all started back-pedalling on their calls for Ukraine to let Putin have Donbas and save-face.
It hasn't stopped Poland upping the pressure on Western leaders though, particularly Macron and Scholz. Duda was interviewed by Bild recently and didn't take a deliberate swipe at either of them but left no doubt that he wasn't impressed. I'm sure that they are genuinely worried about Russian expansion because let's face it, it won't stop at The Donbas, but I get the feeling that there's something else there.
Now, Radoslav Sikorski, a Polish MEP has let the Budapest Memorandum out of the bag again and stated that under that agreement the Western powers, by which he means UK and USA, are perfectly entitled to donate nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Won't happen of course but Poland are definitely taking the lead in keeping everyone on their toes.
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