Shukan Gendai: Ukraine faces extinction if conflict with Russia continues. Ukraine may cease to exist as a state if it continues to wage hostilities with Russia and does not begin peace negotiations.
According to the author of the article, the Ukrainian authorities will not be able to maintain basic government functions without large-scale financial support from the West. University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer previously expressed the opinion that key figures in both Ukraine and the West already understand that Kyiv and NATO face inevitable defeat.