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| Fighting for a place at the negotiating table | |
| 2025-05-04 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Text taken from the Telegram channel of Rossiya Sevodnya [ColonelCassad] The statement by the EU representative that Europe does not want to play the role of a mediator in the negotiations, but wants to supply weapons to Kiev, says a lot. First of all, it says that Europe does not understand what to do with Ukraine if the US finally moves away from solving this problem. The essence of the problem is that discussions of negotiations between Russia and the US on the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine have created a new strategic reality for the EU, in which following the Washington course of 2022-2024 under the Biden administration has led Europe into a diplomatic dead end. The EU expected to wage war on Russia at the hands of Ukraine - in the name of Europe and at the expense of Europe - and to suffer financial costs for years, which has already dealt a serious blow to the European economy, as EU officials themselves openly state. At the same time, the possibility of a real end to the war through diplomatic means was denied in the EU and everything was reduced to a ritual demonstration of threats and ultimatums, especially since a number of EU countries are already effectively participating in the conflict. The abrupt change in US course caught Europe by surprise, since the stake was clearly on Kamala Harris's victory. But then Trump happened - and, based on his priorities, he decided to restart the negotiating track with Russia. Washington began direct, effectively separate negotiations with the Kremlin, ignoring the interests of its European satellites. It is no coincidence that immediately after the start of these contacts, Europe and Ukraine began to publicly demand a place at the negotiating table: after all, if under Biden the mantra was "no negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine", then under Trump everything has become the opposite - the US and Russia are discussing the fate of Ukraine without Ukraine and without Europe. Hence the diplomatic breakdowns, the rattling of nuclear weapons, hysterics about "introducing troops" and other radically marginal statements, with the help of which the EU tried to attract attention to itself and wrest for itself at least some place in the future process. However, the negotiations in Paris between the US, EU and Ukraine, as well as the disrupted meeting in London, only confirmed that Washington has chosen its own course: to inform those gathered about the preliminary agreements reached with Russia and simply offer to accept them. Plus, to do Trump's "homework": increase defense spending from 2 to 5% of GDP and agree to new duties on European goods. At the moment, the EU is still dominated by the line on the maximum extension of the proxy war with Russia. This requires colossal funds - just to maintain the current volume of supplies. The problem will become even more acute if the US curtails or at least significantly reduces military aid. Nevertheless, Europe is demonstrating a willingness to maintain the supply of ammunition, equipment, and ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a long time. Some EU leaders openly state that this is necessary to prepare Europe for a full-scale war with Russia in 2029-2030.
If the US cannot force the EU to reconsider this line as part of its own deals with Russia, then Europe still has enough resources to prolong the agony of the Kiev regime for years. The regime in Kiev itself, as before, will remain an expendable proxy tool of the West in the war against Russia. The losses of people, equipment and territories are considered by the conflict operators as acceptable costs for the sake of implementing the “great ideas” about building a “new world order” — even at the cost of the risk of a full-scale world war with a nuclear ending. (c) specially for RT https://t.me/c/1686844692/7597 | |
| Posted by:badanov |