Wojna bez końca?
The war forever?

Summary/Abstract: The Author attempts to determine the real objectives and motives behind Russia’s entirely unprovoked invasion on Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In search of ways and means of ending the war and in an attempt to foresee its further developments, he presents the narratives used by both sides, their official stances, as well as opinions of eminent political thinkers, analysts, and researchers. According to the Author, the Russian-Ukrainian war only superficially resembles other secession conflicts – those resulting from decolonization (e.g. between India and Pakistan, on religious grounds), from ethnic conflicts (Northern Ireland’s attempts to secede from the UK), from cultural conflicts (Basque Country and Catalonia in Spain), or from conflicts over the system of government (the war on the Korean peninsula, ended by the armistice in 1953). In the case of Russia, the main motive of its aggression in Ukraine is undermining Ukraine’s right to choose the European system of values. At the root of the Russian invasion of Ukraine lies Russia’s internal domestic situation rather than any conflict of interests among the States. The war, called in Russia a “special military operation”, has become a way to justify the establishment of the system of police and military dictatorship with all that it entails.

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