General Šedivý: War in Ukraine may not end in “ideal scenario”

The Western world must prepare itself for the possibility that the war in Ukraine will not end according to its expectations, the former chief of staff of the Czech Armed Forces, General Jiří Šedivý, said in an interview for the ctk news agency. The general, who earlier served as Czechia’s permanent representative to NATO, said that alongside an “ideal scenario” which envisages a complete victory for Ukraine there is a real possibility of the war dragging on with painful twists and turns, mainly because Russia’s human resources potential is much bigger than that of Ukraine and Putin could call another mobilization in the coming months. General Šedivý said he also shares the concerns expressed by the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger regarding the dangers stemming from the new dynamics in relations between Russia and China.