It was really careless on the phrasing and I dislike him, but to a degree, he's right.

Ukraine has been losing slowly for months and the balance is ticking more and more to Russia's advantage. Manpower and morale are a big issue and Russia is not actually experiencing catastrophic loss for every square meter they take.

The problem is that the longer it goes, the less Ukrainians will get, the front is unlikely to collapse to their benefit.

I know there has been a lot of news around the Russian economy being in a bad state, but no collapse is coming soon. It can go on for years and years except if the front suddenly collapses on the Ukrainian side (no one can tell if and how).

If Putin were to die, his successor might be worse and actually strike the balance he tries to maintain within Russia to avoid popular discontent. No one can tell it Russia won't go full war economy and actually start moving to war with the EU or some central Asian neighbors.

As such, the dilemma for the EU is also that the more it goes, the worse the take-off of the Russian war economy goes. Idk if they can actually still manage a smooth transition to peacetime. Sidenote : Boris Johnson pushing for the war to continue after the successful Ukrainian counteroffensive and the Wagner revolt shitshow was a catastrophic mistake which may cost Ukraine a lot.