What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025 | Timothy Garton Ash

Ukraine ’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba says unless the current trajectory is changed, “we will lose this war” If Russia wins, Ukraine would be defeated, divided, demoralised and depopulated.

Europe as a whole would see an escalation of the hybrid war that Russia is already waging against it.

Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in 1994 , in return for security assurances from US , UK and Russia .

73% of Ukrainians support Ukraine “restoring nuclear weapons” in latest KIIS polling.

46% say they would do so even if the west imposed sanctions and stopped aid.

In effect, Ukrainians are saying: if you won’t defend us, we’ll [expletive deleted] do it ourselves.