In the West, support for bankrolling a third year of Ukraine's defence isalready falling victim to political wrangling. - 'Third World War' -Putin has long portrayed his invasion of Ukraine as just one front in a greatpower struggle with the West -- one he increasingly believes Moscow has thestamina and resources to win. "They believe in the Kremlin that the Third World War is already going on --and that they are better prepared than others," said Alexander Etkind, aninternational relations scholar at the Central European University. Moreover, war fatigue is not unique to the West, said Gulnaz Sharafutdinova,director of the Russia Institute at King's College London. Rumours persist that the Kremlin is set to announce a new round of unpopularmobilisations after the election.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 06, 2023 09:38 UTC