Olga Tokariuk - Putin Hopes commitment of West to Ukraine will Decline as Horror Drags on for Months

It seems that Russia’s main strategy in its war is now attrition and  perseverance. Putin hopes that the commitment of the West to Ukraine  will decline as the horror drags on for months. Russian info ops have  also turned to amplifying terror messages, and underscoring the economic  and social costs for the west of its continuing support for Ukraine’s  military resistance. But how can so-called ‘war fatigue’ be countered  among the allies, and especially the attention of the public engaged  over a long period.   

Olga Tokariuk is an independent journalist and non-resident fellow at  CEPA (Centre for European Policy Analysis) based in Ukraine. Her  professional interests include international relations and  disinformation research. Olga has vast experience working with Ukrainian  and international media. Her reports were published and aired by TIME,  The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, NPR, New Lines Mag (USA), Monocle  (UK), EFE (Spain), Il Foglio, ANSA (Italy). She is a former head of  foreign news desk at the independent Ukrainian Hromadske TV and has an  MA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.