Name: Ukraine expert: Ending the war is riskier for elites than continuing it
Uploaded: 2026-02-28T20:58:50+08:00
Duration: 1 min 42 s
Description: Political elites in Ukraine and Europe face greater risks in ending the war than in continuing it. That's the main barrier to peace – money, power and fear of post-war change. The war in Ukraine is entering its fifth year – but according to Ruslan Bortnik,

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Political elites in Ukraine and Europe face greater risks in ending the war than in continuing it. That's the main barrier to peace – money, power and fear of post-war change. The war in Ukraine is entering its fifth year – but according to Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics, the biggest obstacle to peace isn't on the battlefield. It's in the calculations of political elites.

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