The secretary general of NATO said that Russia's setbacks show that Ukraine could win the war.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said by video link that the war in Ukraine is not going as planned by Russia. They are pulling back. The major offensive in Donbas has stopped. Russia is not achieving its objectives.
He said thatUkraine can win the war.
Some experts are unsure if there will be a clear winner in the war and how long international support will last.
Robert English, an associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, told Insider late last month that if the West continues to help Ukraine through financial means or by imposing tougher sanctions, support may eventually decrease due to economic strain.
If the West really wants to cut off the money that is funding this war, they have to stop buying oil and gas from Russia.
Germany is a heavy dependent on Russian energy and the G7 countries recently vowed to phase out or ban imports of Russian oil.
These measures are likely to make living conditions difficult in Western European countries that need to find other energy sources.
Even if Germany, Austria, Italy, and a few other countries went into a deep recession, that will cause a broader recession all across the EU.
The cost that would be absorbed by Europeans may cause them to rethink their support of Ukraine, which could affect political support from their governments.
German and Italian leaders think that their people can survive six months of rationing. They are afraid that they will be voted out in the meantime.
William Ruger, pres ident of the American Institute for Economic Research, told Insider that it would be smart for both countries to negotiate an end to the war.
Both sides believe that they will be better off negotiating at the table and finding a path forward than fighting. If one side believes that it has an advantage in remaining in the fight, and that it will outmatch the costs in the future, then we will continue to see a struggle.