UKRAINE QUAGMIRE THE BIG PICTURE FIRST QUARTER REVIEW “The fine line separating an audacious vision from dreams is the intensity of plans and tenacity in pursuit!” - “ Elephant On The High Himalayas ” by Veteran Col RS Sidhu “Both Russia and the US led Western Alliance backing Ukraine appear to have an audacious vision of what they intend to achieve from this conflict, but irrespective of who history acknowledges as the victor, Ukraine shall lie in ruins.” – Veteran Col RS Sidhu The Context The Ukraine quagmire can no longer be looked at through the prism of just a military conflict. To give a realistic chance to mitigate some of the uglier after effects of the Russia Ukraine conflict, imparts urgency to understand the enormity of the larger consequences emanating from it. The global war clouds looming large over the horizon and the inexorable descent of the world economy into the vortex of biggest stagflation since the 1920s portend the worst humanitarian crisis on the world s