• In the fifth year of the war, a new confidence is growing in Ukraine, with a belief that victory is possible.
  • Philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko speaks of a new rhetoric of strength and asymmetric warfare by Ukrainians.
  • Ukraine is targeting the Russian economy, especially oil and gas fields.
  • Yermolenko argues that Russia interprets compromise as weakness and that the dictatorship must be stopped by military force.
  • There is no guarantee of victory, and the war could last for decades.
  • Europe should prepare for a long struggle, Yermolenko urges.