Political scientist and military strategist Maximilian Terhalle does not believe that peace in Ukraine will come through compromise. According to him, Putin will not stop " This means massive arms deliveries to the Ukrainian army and a complete embargo on Russian gas.. Otherwise, Putin may decide to attack even NATO territory.

The German expert said this in an interview with Focus. The current negotiations between Kiev and Moscow, according to Terhalle, will not succeed. The West needs to step up its pressure on Vladimir Putin “to bring him to his knees” with economic sanctions and massive arms shipments to Ukraine..

“There will be no peaceful solution based on a compromise in the spirit: “You withdraw your troops a little, we withdraw ours,” he said, adding that he also does not believe in Ukraine’s neutrality as a way out of the war.

“From the Ukrainian point of view, I would not trust Putin one bit. I think this is just a trick, allowing him to exhale, pull the troops and attack again, ”Terhalle is convinced.

According to a German expert, Putin is extremely " At the same time, “an indomitable hatred for Ukraine and the West” makes him go for an even greater escalation of violence.. Russian Autocrat Sees His Army Hasn't Progressed As He Would Like. Instead, he has to face painful losses..

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To stop Putin's war machine, Terhalle sees only two possible tools that the West must apply even more consistently than before.. Firstly, NATO countries should massively supply weapons and military technologies to Ukraine.. The Russians can't stop it.

“They cannot now stop the flow of fighters and military equipment across the Polish-Ukrainian border. This is a painful place for Putin, ”says a German expert.

“As long as the western border is open, the West should send any weapons to Ukraine that it can somehow need,” Terhalle is convinced, adding that on the one hand, Ukraine needs to be strengthened, and on the other hand, Russia must be “very much weakened.”.

To achieve this goal, economic sanctions against Moscow must be further strengthened.. In particular, " In addition, the expert advises a complete embargo on Russian oil and gas.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck have so far rejected the idea of \u200b\u200bstopping Russian energy imports, explaining that this would be a big risk for their country.. But Terhalle questions this claim: “If a country as rich as Germany cannot afford a slight diminution in its prosperity, then who can? According to the expert, Putin reacts “only to coercion”.

If the West does not understand this principle and act accordingly, the consequences will be devastating, even for Germany..

“I don’t think that for Putn the expansion of the war to NATO countries is something unthinkable. The West should take this into account and prepare,” Terhalle stressed..

Naturally, the Kremlin must first pull troops to the eastern borders of Poland or the southern borders of the Baltic states. But it's only a matter of time and reserves.

“And then the soldiers of the Bundeswehr will be in the forefront in the war with the Russians,” warned the expert, who himself has the rank of colonel in the reserve.

He noted the heavy losses of the Russian army in Ukraine, as well as the very low morale of Russian soldiers.. At the same time, he warns against underestimating the Russian army.