"A Russian conquest of all of Ukraine is by no means impossible if the United States cuts off all military assistance and Europe follows suit," the Institute for the Study of War said.
Such a scenario would bring the Kremlin's army "right up to NATO’s border from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean," the US think tank added.
America would then have to deploy a "sizable portion of its ground forces" to NATO's eastern flank and station stealth aircraft in Europe, according to the ISW.
The operation would cost a fortune and the cost will last as long as the Russian threat continues—potentially indefinitely, the US think tank said on Thursday.
The analysis comes as US President Joe Biden's USD 61 billion military aid for Kyiv has stalled in Congress.
Friday is day 660 of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
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Source: ISW, dorzeczy.pl
