American senator calls it fantasy to assume that Ukraine could push Russia back to its 1991 borders

Republican Senator from Ohio, James David Vance, referred to the Western assumption that Ukraine could push Russia back to its 1991 borders as “fantasy.”

He expressed this in an article in X.

“The average age of soldiers in their (Ukrainian) army is 43 years old. They are currently recruiting old men. The catastrophe is not approaching – it’s already here. The fundamental problem of the war in Ukraine is not insufficient funding or insufficient weaponry. The West believed that Ukraine could push Russia back to its 1991 borders. That was a fantasy 18 months ago; today, it’s pure fantasy. The only question is how much further destruction we impose on Ukraine before advocating for peace,” Vance stated.

You're already seeing this play out.

Whatever happens, there will be an immediate effort to blame Ukraine funding skeptics for the outcome.

The average age of a soldier in their military is 43. They're now drafting old men.

The disaster isn't coming–it's already here. It… https://t.co/jFWpjTXnad

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) December 20, 2023

“Ukraine will not give up the occupied territories in exchange for NATO membership,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to his counterparts from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries in Brussels.

“We must continue, we must keep fighting. Ukraine is not going to retreat. Somehow, it’s always easy to advise someone else to surrender and make concessions,” The Times quoted the minister’s statement.

Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine could stop the war by giving Crimea and Donbas to Russia, but Ukraine will not do so.