Ukraine, No end to conflict in sight.

 ONLY WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT WILL HAVE REAL EFFECT

EU AND UKRAINE WANT TO CONTINUE

It is clear that Ukraine and its supporters in the EU are not ready to end this conflict. While there has been reluctant approval of some sort of ceasefire it is all just in the hope of gaining some military advantage. Russia, who might consider some sort of end to this conflict is more realistic in that they doubt any such early resolution with long term results is possible.

Ukraine is now lowering its draft age in the hope of getting more recruits, it will likely see more men leaving the country and will not result in a trained effective military, just another generation wiped out.

The only tool to quicken this end is to suspend all military support as quickly as possible while keeping up communication and humanitarian support.

There are some in this country and in the EU and the die hard nationalists in Ukraine who would like to keep this conflict going for another decade, if possible. The reality is that the longer it goes on, the smaller Ukraine will be, when it ends. 

The U.S. supporters, do not care about Ukraine, just keeping Russia tied up and the hope of some sort of regime change in Russia. 

The EU leaders cannot accept a win for Russia at any cost, even their own economic survival and political future. The EU is very likely to suffer permanent consequences from this Ukraine conflict. It is questionable if they can have a prosperous future without Russian energy and Russia can survive without selling them energy.

If the U.S. ends military support, the EU will for a time try to continue support, but they really do not have the capacity to continue, without further damaging their own economies and the inevitable political consequences.

What we see is the result of decades of Russian hate baiting that has affected the judgment of the present western leadership, They can no longer make a pragmatic and rational decision. Very dangerous, if they had the military capacity to challenge Russia, we should be thankful that they do not.