However, it is possible that the Russian forces will focus more on military operations in other areas in the future, Bildt believes.
He is convinced that the war will be decided on the battlefield, not in the negotiating room.
At the same time, diplomatic dialogue is important in the long term, he says.
- It is important to keep a contact channel at all times, because sooner or later a change will take place in one way or another, he says.
He believes that the Kremlin can mobilize additional resources in Russian society to continue the war, but that it has a high social and political price.
- And with significant risks that it will be an even greater failure in the end, he says.
Bildt believes that the West needs to go in with even more resources to stop Russia.
- It is in our security policy interest that Putin does not win this war.