February 24 marks the second anniversary of the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The protracted crisis has not only caused huge losses to the economy and people's livelihood of Russia and Ukraine, but also had a serious negative impact on regional politics and security, world economic recovery, global poverty reduction, food and energy security, and the ecological environment. At present, Russia and Ukraine are in a stalemate on the battlefield, with sharp political confrontation, and the United States wantonly adding fuel to the fire and making a huge war windfall, and the dawn of peace is still elusive.
Over the past year, the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been fierce. At the same time, both Russia and Ukraine are using long-range ** strikes against each other's rear targets.
The British "Economist" magazine recently analyzed that in the past year, the Russian army has made small progress in expanding the area under its control. Ukrainian analysts believe that the Ukrainian army will carry out asymmetric operations next, and in order to avoid competition and attrition with the Russian army on the frontal battlefield, it will mainly use drones, electronic warfare equipment and fortifications to maximize the consumption of the Russian army.
Politico quoted sources as saying that the United States and Europe are gradually shifting their attention from supporting Ukraine's goal of a comprehensive victory to enhancing Ukraine's position in negotiations to end the conflict.
However, in the opinion of analysts, it is more difficult for Russia and Ukraine to resume negotiations in 2024 in terms of the current situation. On the one hand, the positions of Russia and Ukraine are sharply opposed, and there is no political basis for peace talks. On the other hand, the West's continued efforts to fuel the fire have made the prospects for peace even more remote. And the United States, as Ukraine's largest military donor, has taken advantage of this conflict to make a windfall. Analysts say that everything the West has done so far has not helped to end the conflict and has not learned any lessons from the Ukrainian crisis.
Editor: Zhang Mengwei).