Ukrainians continue to pay the price for our clumsiness, inconsistency, and inadequacy. Proof of this is the stalled 21st package of European Union (EU) sanctions. At this pace, it seems we will soon need the 22nd, and later the 122nd package. There is still no understanding that Europe can still celebrate freedom and summer thanks to Ukraine, writes former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius in his commentary.
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How long can the Russians continue their adventure?
Drone attacks, unfortunately, can continue at a similar level for some time, as their production is sufficient. Guided bombs will be used as long as Russia maintains access to the front. Maintaining such a pace with missiles every week and for an unlimited time would be more difficult, as missile production is slower and requires more resources.
In other words, Russia appears capable of sustaining a very high level of drone and glide bomb attacks, while missile bombardments of such intensity are more likely to fluctuate over time rather than remain constant week after week.
Russia is going “all in,” believing it has nothing to lose, but in reality, it is losing the ability to continue its senseless and futile adventure at a similar intensity. Russia is going nowhere. Or, more accurately, certainly not towards Ukraine’s destruction, but its own.
It is no coincidence that opinions are increasingly appearing in commissioned articles in the global media that, supposedly, a collapsed Russia would be a threat to the whole world.
Yes, indeed, Russia’s actions with such a leader are completely unpredictable. But there are nuances. If Russia wanted to be respected or at least feared, it achieved a somewhat different result.
Nobody respects Russia
Nobody respects Russia; they fear it much like they would fear a mentally ill person. No one can guess what will cross his mind.
Talking about a conventional threat from that country is hardly possible for very objective reasons and, probably, for a longer time. Russia has no combat methods in its arsenal – only terrorism, provocations, military hooliganism, and nuclear blackmail.
In a conventional way, it cannot “take” Kostiantynivka or Kupiansk, let alone Kharkiv or Kyiv. Even less serious is talking about challenges to NATO. To even prolong all that pushing at the contact line, Russia needs general mobilization, but it is feared like the devil fears the cross. They immediately need about 300,000 additional “cannon fodder,” as they are currently losing an average of one and a half thousand per day.
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Mothers are already publicly saying that they are giving birth to children not for Vladimir Putin’s adventures, but for themselves, their families, and a normal life.
Putin, understandably, would like NATO to be scared and fear Russian attacks. He would like NATO people to live in constant fear and uncertainty. Sometimes he succeeds, as our own “experts” sincerely contribute to this incitement, albeit indirectly.
Nevertheless, conventional attacks by Russia against NATO states have no practical meaning or prospect.
Provocations and acts of sabotage, unfortunately, are very likely. Especially against energy infrastructure. We must prepare very seriously for this.
Ukraine, with its resilience and ability to resist very effectively, is buying us and all of NATO time to correct mistakes and plug capability gaps.
Perhaps then we should scare ourselves and others less, because that is the Kremlin’s plan. Let’s just work consistently and strengthen our resilience.
Russia has faced many trials in history. Most often due to its own stupidity or arrogance. But never before has it been opposed by the entire civilized Western world. It would be very wrong and very strange if Russia were to emerge clean and unharmed from this self-made mess. Now it depends not on her, but on us.
The newly modified Russian 100-ruble banknote, issued in July 2026, does not show Crimea on its map. What is this? A mistake? An oversight? Or a farsighted prediction?
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