Against this background, a stalemate in the Donbas seems more likely than an outright offensive aimed at occupying the remainder of the region and establishing a land corridor to Crimea – the outcome that many in the West initially feared. President Vladimir Putin’s new Novorossya project simply cannot progress with oil prices at their current level.
在这样的背景下，顿巴斯僵局更有可能是直接进攻，旨在占领该地区的其余部分并建立通往克里米亚的地面通道&mdash;&mdash;这一结果是许多西方人曾经害怕的。按照当前的油价水平，俄罗斯总统普京无法推进他的新诺沃罗思雅计划（Novorossya project）。