Oliver Carroll

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The Intelligence from The Economist · What price victory? Ukraine on the front foot · 27 May 2026 podcast

And we know that a lot of these people, when they're caught, are being sent as punishment to the front lines.

to the kill zone positions, from which many of them, frankly a majority, won't be returning.

We also have a breakdown in unity.

Internal politics is a really difficult moment right now, with corruption scandals implicating presidential circles, wartime centralisation, and a sense that the president is very thin skinned about criticism.

All of that is increasing the entropy in this political system and it's not really clear where it will end up.

There was a period at the beginning of this year where it looked like a deal might be possible.

Right now those negotiations are off and it doesn't look like they'll be opening soon.

Some optimistic insiders will tell you things might happen in June.

But really looking at the broader picture, you see a Vladimir Putin who is still addicted to the idea of taking control of Ukraine.

So I think despite the difficulties on both sides, we're in for a prolonged period of fighting.

And that's really where this question of how and who can survive this war without end comes in place.

I understand that Zelensky has ordered preparations for the country to prepare for the next two or three years in war and

looking at the dynamics of the last six months, there's no reason to suggest it can't survive that long.

But the question is, even if it does survive that long.

What is the Ukraine that will survive?

If it's

An increasingly centralized, war worn

Poor country.

Well, that doesn't look like much of a victory to me.

Jason, it's always a pleasure.

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