Professor John Mearsheimer delivers a critical analysis of the Fall of Pokrovsk, calling it a turning point in the Ukraine war and a sign that the conflict’s end may be approaching.
Mearsheimer — one of the world’s foremost realist scholars — argues that Pokrovsk’s collapse is not just a battlefield event but a strategic milestone revealing the exhaustion of Ukraine’s defensive capabilities and the shifting balance of power in Eastern Europe.
He explains that Russia’s steady advance reflects the logic of realism and attrition, while Western policymakers continue to misread the war’s structural inevitability. As NATO struggles to sustain military and political unity, Mearsheimer warns that the West’s grand strategy is reaching its breaking point.
Watch this in-depth breakdown to understand why the Fall of Pokrovsk may mark the beginning of the final phase of the Ukraine conflict — and the limits of Western intervention.
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