Will solidarity with Ukraine survive Putin’s winter of discontent?
By weaponising the gas and oil on which large parts of Europe depend, Putin has always hoped to destabilise the democratic coalition lined up against him.
Kyiv | To rescue his failing invasion, a frustrated Vladimir Putin is turning to Russia’s great historic ally: winter.
By deploying “General Frost” – the nickname for the frigid cold that defeated Hitler and Napoleon – Putin’s strategy is clear: shut off or sabotage gas flows to Europe as demand surges while recharging depleted battlefront units in Ukraine via an increasingly unpopular troop mobilisation.
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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.
