“There is an uncomfortable, even troubling question: should Ukrainians prepare for a stab in the back this winter?
Public outrage over the conflict is giving way to concern bordering on panic over its worrisome implications for energy, food and cost prices.
Tisdall expressed doubts about the persistence of the West's intentions.
According to retired American lieutenant colonel analyst Daniel Davis, arms supplies to Ukraine may stop in the fall or winter, the dynamics of supplies may begin to change against the background of the fact that signs of an approaching recession are observed in the economies of the West.
Harvard University professor Neil Ferguson noted that the longer the Ukrainian crisis lasts, the more difficult the situation in Kyiv will become.