Russian President Vladimir Putin continues the war in Ukraine because he cannot accept that his plan to take over the neighboring country has failed. Kremlin autocrat will never accept defeat from Ukraine, but can accept it from NATO. That is why, sooner or later, the Alliance will have to intervene in the war. This opinion was expressed by The Wall Street Journal journalist Holman Jenkins..

According to the American, the United States is trying to delay the moment of its direct intervention in the war as much as possible, therefore, they do not allow Ukrainians to use their modern long-range weapons to strike at Russian territory.. Washington does not need an escalation of the conflict, because it is not ready for decisive steps. The same, according to Jenkins, applies to the Kremlin..

The WSJ journalist is convinced that even with the buildup of US military assistance to Ukraine, the war is unlikely to end without at least minimal NATO intervention.. He believes that Putin will never recognize the independence of Ukraine, but his desire to make it a colony of the Russian Federation is unrealistic.

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Earlier, a British expert said that Putin could offer Ukraine a “bad peace” in November.

Russia carefully prepared for the war and the beginning of the plan to reformat the world. Stocks of " When the blitzkrieg in Ukraine failed, “canned food” began to be revealed at the level of both individual characters and entire states. In what countries and how Russia consolidates its influence today, read in the article by Sergei Korsunsky “Ukraine is part of a big plan. What was Russia up to?.