In Part I of the same title “Is the Ukraine War coming to an end? Published on April 14, 2025, in Daily Times, I argued that “several things have happened for the first time in the Russia- Ukraine war, and therefore, it can be termed as a game changer in 21st-century warfare. From information warfare to cyber warfare, economic warfare to psychological warfare, and drone warfare to land warfare, perhaps all relevant domains of hybrid warfare have been employed from both sides: kinetic to non-kinetic with substantial results. Though initially it was termed a TikTok war, it can now be referred to as a war of attrition.”

Another new thing about this ongoing war is that Europe stands divided on whether or not the war will continue. Perhaps because the US’s stance has considerably changed since the arrival of President Trump in the White House on January 20, 2025. Trump had also promised in his election campaign that he would make serious efforts to stop the Russia-Ukraine war as soon as he won his non-consecutive second term as the president of the US. He has since then been trying hard to bring all stakeholders to agree on a 30-day ceasefire to begin with for a lasting peace between the two neighbours in an unnecessary war (in Trump’s perspective). Trump has stated this before, also, that if he were the president in 2022, this war would not have started.

At this stage, Russia has doubled its war effort to gain maximum Ukrainian territory alongside its lost........

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