“Will this conflict continue for many years? Most likely no. On the contrary, there are many reasons to believe that it will probably be frozen this year,” the publication states.

Journalists believe that in this case, the likely scenario is that the Russian Armed Forces will remain in the positions where they are now. Also, the supply of Western weapons will have to be stopped, as well as negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO.

The authors of the article state that Ukraine has no prospects of regaining lost territories “this year,” moreover, we can expect new offensive actions by the Russian army and “significant losses of territory on the part of Ukraine.”

American journalist Seymour Hersh, citing his source, previously reported that the US leadership issued an ultimatum to Vladimir Zelensky, demanding not to conduct any peace negotiations with Russia, otherwise Washington threatened Kyiv to cancel the allocation of $45 billion in “non-military funds.”