“Russia has no chance”: the diplomat named the condition for Ukraine’s victory in the war this year

The visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Vladimir Putin made a lot of noise. Former diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger commented on the t-online version of the close alliance between Moscow and Beijing.

“There are fundamental changes in geopolitics, says Wolfgang Ischinger. - For the moment, however, it creates more disorder than order, more instability and rivalry. But one thing is clear: China is moving up in geopolitics. The power and political competition for world leadership has been going on for some time now. Unfortunately, they are like a zero-sum game: either we - that is, the United States - win, or China wins. Let’s hope China doesn’t come under Russian pressure to supply arms to the Kremlin. Trust in Putin, by the way, is not unlimited. However, it seems that China is not interested in the complete military defeat of Russia. But a dependent, weak Russia fits very well into Xi Jinping’s calculations.

There is a difference between militarily supporting Ukraine, which is under attack, or Russia, which is the aggressor. Don’t forget that over 140 states opposed Russia at the United Nations. Therefore, it can hardly be considered that China can be a defender of the global South and at the same time a supplier of weapons to Russia.”

Wolfgang Ischinger also added that Ukraine cannot and will not lose this war if the West uses its real power and simply confuses the fake giant Russia.

“It should not be forgotten that Russia’s economic power is less than that of Italy. Russia has no chance if the West shows clear boundaries and supports and supplies Ukraine even more and faster. Then maybe the war will end this year”, - says the German and European lawyer, politician and diplomat, head of the permanent Munich Security Conference.

Earlier, General Viktor Muzhenko, in an interview with FACTS, spoke about the challenges that Ukraine will face after the victory.