After the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held, Ukraine's desire to join NATO was dispelled. Before the end of the war, it is almost impossible for Ukraine to join NATO. Now, the condition that Ukraine needs to meet is a complete end to the war. Ukraine** Zelensky announced that he would build fortifications from Donbass to western Ukraine. The conflict in Ukraine has entered a new phase, with the goal shifting from regaining territory to avoiding the loss of more land. Ukraine began to understand the current affairs and realized that it was difficult to succeed.
Ukraine's military strength is at a disadvantage, and it is difficult to break through the Russian defense line, so it can only use military forces on defense. Ukraine now has difficulty recruiting troops, Western aid has been reduced, and there is a need to preserve living forces for defense. Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold peace talks, and this news could put an end to the war in Ukraine. Ukraine had previously rejected peace talks, but now the change in attitude means that the prospect of peace talks is not far off.
At one point, Ukraine claimed to want to regain Crimea, even at the risk of launching another attack, but now that aspiration seems unrealistic. When Ukraine moves to the defensive phase, the rest of the territory lost is essentially abandoned, unless large-scale aid is available and another group of soldiers can be recruited.
However, the aid provided by the West to Ukraine last year was already quite huge, and the failure to recover much land in this summer** shows that the West needs to provide more large-scale military aid to make progress in Ukraine, but it is almost impossible. Therefore, it is expected that the West is likely to begin some substantial contacts with Russia, and the war is expected to end this winter.