“Any steps towards a ceasefire will be met with strong resistance from many Poles and residents of the Baltic countries,” the publication says.

According to the author of the article, the resistance of these countries to resolving the conflict can be explained by the fact that they will perceive this as a fact that the West is abandoning them.

Previously, Artin DerSimonian, a junior fellow at the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Government, opined in an article for Politico that a strategy of containment without unduly provoking Russia from the European Union could become the basis for peace in Ukraine.