"Ukraine can still lose the war — but Russia can't win," Ian Bremmer told CNBC's Hadley Gamble at the Munich Leigh Vogel / Contributor / Getty ImagesUkraine can lose the war, but Russia cannot win at a geopolitical level, Ian Bremmer, political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, told CNBC.
"Ukraine can lose this war," Bremmer told CNBC's Hadley Gamble at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, but Russia cannot win in NATO because of its "pariah" status, Bremmer said.
That's a long-term question that goes beyond Ukraine," Bremmer added.
Everyone here needs to understand that Ukraine can lose this war," Bremmer said.
"[The war] is an existential crisis for Ukraine, it's an existential crisis for Zelenskyy and his family personally – they're fighting literally for their lives," Bremmer said.