Ukraine blowback. How Russia is using the Global South to beat the West and strangle support for Ukraine

EUobserver · 26-10-2026, 10:16:44

The Ukraine battlefield is the hottest part of Russia’s war on the West, but not the only one. The Kremlin is betting that sabotage, intimidation and other sub-threshold attacks will make Ukraine’s allies so distracted, scared and tired that they cut their support to Kyiv. Meanwhile Russia’s political warfare is reaping rewards in Africa, Asia and Latin America, writes Edward Lucas.