Russia is betting on slow progress on the ground and expects rising energy prices and the wave of refugees to weaken Western public support for Ukraine
Media mentions – Charting the Long War
His own reality has become the determining factor
In the short term, however, the West must ensure that it is not intimidated by Putin’s threats of escalation
I know that people paid by Russia are proactively calling to spread certain theories
Gustav Gressel talks to WELT about possible circumstances behind the gas leaks in the Baltic Sea pipelines
There will be that moment where we need to either deliver western-designed tanks to Ukraine or basically throw them under the bus
They are recruiting cannon fodder
There are parallels, of course, also in Syria…. (…) But the aim was not to exterminate the Syrians as a people. They did not say: Syria must not exist…
Gustav Gressel believes that Russia’s war against Ukraine is different from Russia’s other wars
Already, the morale of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine is low
Another major problem of the partial mobilisation is likely to be the motivation of the reservists, finds Gustav Gressel
Calling up 300,000 reservists, training them on the fly and sending them directly to Ukraine is not efficient
Gustav Gressel expresses great doubts about the effectiveness of the Russian mobilisation in an interview with ntv.de