Officials across Europe are concerned that the consensus of support for Ukraine could collapse. Continent enters into “the harsh winter of rising food prices, lack of energy for heating homes and the real possibility of a recession”. This writes CNN.

The next few months will be the most difficult for European countries since the beginning of the war, warns CNN. Citizens will feel the decline in living standards, and some will have to make a choice between heating and eating.

Many Western officials told CNN about his concerns that in some point, political leaders may decide that it is best to act as a mediator in the peace agreement and undermine the concept of Kiev on the withdrawal of Russian troops on the border.

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