“Putin believes that Western aid to Ukraine will eventually wane as the economic fallout from the fighting intensifies — and he may be right about that,” he wrote in a Politico op-ed.
The observer emphasized that anti-Russian sanctions are already causing significant damage to Europe, and the situation could worsen.
“Europeans are already facing high inflation and skyrocketing energy prices, and the reduction in Russian fuel supplies has already forced Germany, the economic center of Europe, to take extraordinary measures to avoid gas shortages in winter,” Menon stated.
The author of the material admitted that Putin considers Russia more stable than European countries.
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.