Former NATO representative makes shocking prediction about the end of the war, writes the German publication News.de, quoting his comment for Newsweek. According to his prediction, there is no prospect of the war ending soon because the NATO countries are afraid of Vladimir Putin.
In official statements to the media, NATO countries always demonstrate unity and ambition to help Kiev win the war, but in reality they appear to lack any long-term strategy.
John Lough, who is currently a fellow in the Eurasia and Russia Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London (Chatham House), said the West has no strategy to end the full-scale war in Ukraine that Russia launched in 2022 .
John Lough is a former NATO representative in the Russian capital Moscow. Many experts believe that the war in Ukraine, which has become a war of attrition, will not end soon because the West lacks an effective plan to bring things to a decisive end in favor of Kiev.
Expert John Lough believes that Western countries are still ready to support Ukraine, but they do not have a strategy for its victory. “They (NATO countries) missed an opportunity in 2022 to give Ukraine what it needed before the Russians entrench themselves and start preparing for a long war,” he said.
„A much more important question, I think, is whether the US, the UK and France will lift restrictions on the use of their missiles to allow the Ukrainian military to attack targets inside Russia itself,” Lowe said.
The former NATO official does not believe that the delivery of a limited number of F-16 fighter jets will turn the tide of the war in Ukraine's favor. “A much more important question, I think, is whether the US, UK and France will lift restrictions on the use of their missiles to allow the Ukrainian military to attack targets inside Russia itself,” he said.
„The West is still more concerned about the short-term risks of escalation than the long-term consequences of Ukraine losing the war,” said John Lough.
Another subject matter expert – Timothy Ash, echoed his colleague's concerns, and said that most observers of what is happening in Ukraine are “disappointed by the excessive caution when it comes to arms supplies”. “What we should have learned about Putin in the last 2.5 years is that he is afraid of a direct conflict with NATO, because Russia would lose any conventional war very quickly,”, Ash said. According to him, the easiest way to stop Putin is to arm Ukraine with all conventional weapons so that it can defend itself and win the war.