Onet journalist Witold Jurasz at the Impact'25 event in Poznań asked the world -famous historian Timothy Snyder what about Russian invasion and whether it is only the war of Vladimir Putin.
An expert in Central Europe and Ukraine replied that this conflict is no longer what it was about at the beginning. – This war did Putin not wish. He expected it to last two or three weeks. We cannot assume that he had a plan for the fourth year, because he certainly did not have any such plan. He thought falsely that there is no Ukrainian society, that Ukrainians are all the only one who rules them. Unfortunately, the American president thinks about Ukrainians in the same way – he said.
Timothy Snyder about Vladimir Putin. “Is in a classic tyrant”
Timothy Snyder added that each leader adapts to the situation and Putin is now using the war to build an authoritarian system. – He is in a classic situation of a tyrant, namely he can't make mistakes. This war, of course, was a mistake in every respect, but he must not make mistakes, so he must win or at least change the subject – he said.
He estimated that at the beginning it was certainly Putin's war and those who directly took part in it. However, the situation has changed and “this is the war of the Russians”. – I think Putin needs our help so that this conflict is not there. It depends on us to build a situation in which he will be able to say that it is no longer worth it and as I talk about us, I am talking primarily about Americans. Unfortunately. Because now we give Putin permission to make the war last – summed up Snyder.
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