Former Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin believes that the war will continue until Putin realizes that Ukraine and the West do not make concessions " Only the image of a strong and effective allows him to remain in power.. And for him, of course, the stakes here are as high as possible.. We need to show that he has nowhere to go and he must go to real negotiations with us and with the West. Many of my Western friends are now saying: “Let's think about what kind of bone to throw him now, not in terms of concessions from Ukraine, but in terms of internal PR in Russia, so that he, so to speak, saves face (he is, of course, not a samurai). But for now, I don’t see Putin’s real desire to back down from his crazy demands,” Klimkin said in an interview with Radio Liberty..

He also noted that many clans that exist in Russia are now suffering a lot, suffering financially, politically, suffering in the sense of the normal life they led, earning in Russia and investing money abroad, having real estate there, accounts and that life. where they wanted.

" And they realized that they were in a " In addition, they understand that Putin is able to lead them into open conflict with the West, perhaps even to a nuclear war.. And having gained money, they, of course, do not want to die.. And they will also think about how, I think, to limit this war first, and then, hopefully, and limit Putin's power,"