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Ukraine war: pseudo-peace would be a horror scenario!

Selenskyj (left) sees "worrying" developments in the fight against Putin.(Bild: APA/AFP/Olga MALTSEVA, Andreas SOLARO, Krone KREATIV)

Doubts are growing as to whether Ukraine will even be able to hold out for the next year. One horror scenario is a pseudo-peace with barbed wire and death strips across the country.

In a few weeks' time, the period of Rasputitsa will begin, i.e. the literal "lack of peace" of the Russian-Ukrainian region in the autumn mud, followed by General Winter and finally the second Rasputitsa in the thaw. These months are the nightmare of aggressors, as Napoleon and Hitler had to experience. For Ukraine, they are a much-needed respite. The Ukrainian army has recently suffered setbacks. President Selensky describes the development as "worrying".