'Host Anne McElvoy asks Ben Hodges, a former commanding general of US Army Europe, why he thinks a Ukrainian victory is beyond doubt.
BEN HODGES, a former commanding general of US Army Europe, believes that Ukraine has achieved “an irreversible momentum” since the liberation of Kherson. He predicts the country could declare victory against Russia by the summer. Host Anne McElvoy asks him how Ukraine could pull it off. He assesses whether Western countries will hold their nerve as the conflict drags on and what could happen if Vladimir Putin loses on the battlefield.'
- The Economist,
How could Ukraine win the war? November 24, 2022
Context(The liberation of Crimea and the Donbas) - '..to liberate the whole Ukrainian land from the Russian occupation..'