The EU believes damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month was the work of sabotage and suspicion has fallen on Russia, but it is not known for sure who was responsible.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerSky News security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke said the war is likely to be a"generational struggle" and could be a"forever conflict" until"something changes in European security or Russia".
Mr Clarke said the current crisis in Ukraine was the"second war" and the first war was witnessed in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea. He added:"My feeling is next year there will be a ceasefire in which the Ukrainians will be better placed and that ceasefire will be unstable and it will break down and there will be a third war and then a ceasefire and a fourth war.
"We're dealing here with an existential struggle because the Russian establishment thinks that Ukraine has no right to exist and they won't change their mind in the short-term.Related Topics
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