{"id":1162408,"date":"2025-06-04T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1162408"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:59:28","slug":"continuing-the-war-against-ukraine-what-is-putin-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/continuing-the-war-against-ukraine-what-is-putin-hiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing the war against Ukraine: What is Putin hiding?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than three years Russia has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine. Despite significant losses, failures on the frontline, and unprecedented sanctions, the Kremlin shows no real interest in ending the fighting. What are Putin&#8217;s real reasons of continuing the war against Ukraine? Dive in this topic with<strong> Petro Oleshchuk,<\/strong> political scientist, Ph.D, expert at the United Ukraine Think Tank, in his <a href=\"https:\/\/thegaze.media\/news\/what-are-putins-goals-in-prolonging-the-war\">article<\/a> for <em>The Gaze.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, Oleshchuk argues that one of the key tools that Putin possesses is time. Delaying the war allows him not only to create additional pressure on Ukraine, but also to split the Western coalition. The longer the war lasts, the more voices call for a \u201csettlement\u201d or \u201cend of support for Kyiv.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delay tactic gives Putin time to mobilize reserves, adjust the economy to withstand sanctions, and rebuild the logistics of weapons supply. Russia isn\u2019t rushing because it knows Ukraine heavily relies on external support \u2014 and that support is influenced by many outside factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, political scientist states, that Russia sees Donald Trump as playing a unique and strategic role in its broader calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His rhetoric \u2014 downplaying NATO\u2019s importance, criticizing aid to Ukraine, and calling for a \u201cquick peace\u201d through negotiations with Putin \u2014 is interpreted by the Kremlin as a signal of Western vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscow views Trump\u2019s diplomatic moves not as genuine peace efforts, but as a way to influence Western policy and pressure Ukraine into making concessions. Putin is using a wide range of political manipulations aimed at achieving military objectives through diplomatic and political means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Oleshchuk emphasizes, that for the Kremlin, negotiations are not a path to resolving the conflict but a tactical element of its military campaign. Any pause on the front line is used solely to regroup, rearm, and prepare for further offensives. As a result, Western efforts to end the war through concessions don\u2019t bring peace closer \u2014 they only delay it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A peace deal without a clear victory would threaten Putin\u2019s legitimacy \u2014 not just in the eyes of the broader public, but among the security services, oligarchs, and core supporters. Ending the war without tangible gains would make the sacrifices appear pointless and unravel the ideological foundations of the regime. That\u2019s why even limited de-escalation is impossible without deep internal changes within Putin\u2019s system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin\u2019s goal is not merely to achieve military success. He seeks to break Ukrainian society \u2014 to instill exhaustion, apathy, and doubt. Attacks on mental resilience, the economy, and critical infrastructure like the energy sector are all part of this broader strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read the full article by <strong>Petro Oleshchuk<\/strong> on The Gaze:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thegaze.media\/news\/what-are-putins-goals-in-prolonging-the-war\">What are Putin&#8217;s Goals in Prolonging the War?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ben-hodges-russia-cannot-win-the-war-putin-has-no-strategic-advantage\/\">Ben HODGES: Russia cannot win the WAR \u2013 Putin HAS NO strategic advantage!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than three years Russia has been waging a full-scale war against &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1162427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1162408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Continuing the war against Ukraine: What is Putin hiding? 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