Winter is coming… Yes, winter is coming. The winter that changed the course of all wars in Europe was near. Snowfall in Europe, especially on Russian soil, played a crucial role behind the first setback and defeat of Adolf Hitler’s Germany, which advanced with the power to conquer the whole world during World War II. Snowfall down to minus 40 degrees and the slushy plains helped Russia defeat the German military operation “Operation Barbarossa” against them in World War II and the destruction of a large part of the army. The history of World War II was rewritten when crashed German military vehicles got mired in blood and snow and got stuck in the arid plains and Russian suburbs. Could this winter also determine the future of the Russia-Ukraine war, the largest war Europe has witnessed since World War II? Will Russia give Ukraine the name and glory it gained in the Winter War with Finland in 1939 and Germany in 1941 to Ukraine this winter? Will Russia, which started the fight against Ukraine under the name of “special military action” thinking it trivial, will enter the adventure of a full-scale war this winter? Will Ukraine, which is liberating the lost territories one by one against Russia, the second largest military force in the world, with a rapid military campaign, win by surprise like David against Goliath? The coup against President Vladimir Putin’s pillar of pride, the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia-annexed Crimea and the Russian mainland, and Putin’s trump card, the Nord Stream gas pipelines, will force Russia to take measures drastic? Will Putin’s firm threat to use nuclear weapons if any post-referendum attack on annexed parts could be considered an attack on Russia will lead to nuclear war in Europe? Furthermore, how will the Russian-Ukrainian war, which is entering its ninth month, affect Europe and the world? Let’s check in detail …
