Ferguson states that Russia is no longer a great power and that Ukraine has proven innovation can overcome seemingly inevitable defeat.
“Niall Ferguson, Historian: Revelation of the last four and a half years is that Russia is no longer a great power. And Ukrainians have proven that you can innovate your way out of what seemed like inevitable defeat. We're in year 5 of the war, Ukrainians haven't been defe… / X Post Log in Sign up Post Kate from Kharkiv on X: ”
Ferguson wrote on February 28th that a particular military operation was not quite what observers expected.
“Niall Ferguson: I was asked that right at the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, on February 28th, and I wrote a column for The Free Press saying: not quite.”
Ferguson states that Russian military casualties in Ukraine have reached approximately 40,000 per month.
“Russian casualties have reached about 40 000 a month. If you think about that for a moment, it is a staggering figure.”
Ferguson sees no military utility for nuclear weapons in Ukraine given the dispersed nature of Ukrainian forces along an extended front line.
“I do not see a military use for it. Ukrainian forces are widely dispersed along a long front.”