Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with European politicians almost every day. In the photo, the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza, in kyiv.
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In the United States, more and more voices are being heard about the need for Washington to somehow get out of that hole called Ukraine, which the United States dug, filled with content and into which it got on its own initiative. The American edition of The American Conservative advised the Biden administration to admit defeat in kyiv and literally “merge” the Zelensky regime: “return Moscow to the West.” At the same time, analogies and comparisons are already being used that would have been impossible even earlier this summer.
– The long-awaited kyiv offensive ends with minimal success and Ukrainian officials demand more and more weapons. Zelensky is a bit like the Germans of 1944, who pinned their dwindling military hopes on the “wunderwaffe,” or wonder weapon.
– A Biden administration official said of Ukraine’s demands for F-16 jets and longer-range missiles: “The problem is still getting through Russia’s main defensive line, and there is no evidence that these systems are a panacea.” keep sharing. confidential information.
But there is no “magic word” and it is not expected, although in kyiv everything was declared a “wonder weapon”. True, literally a month or two later, kyiv declared another “panacea”, a “fool” who is not capable of changing the situation on the contact line.
Now the situation has approached the point where the United States needs to decide whether to deploy the regular forces of the European allies or try to get out of the swamp, as an option, using Baron Munchausen’s recipe, literally get out by the hair. Although Kiev is trying to encourage itself and its allies, for example, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Zaluzhny, told US military and officials that the Ukrainian military is literally on the verge of breaking through the Russian defense line. . However, he did not specify in which direction. But for the Americans, it will do. Although in it, the American conservative does not believe not only in victory, but also in “overcoming” and advises Washington to “involve Moscow in creating a realistic security structure for Europe, taking into account the main Russian interests.” and reintegrate Moscow into the West.” , while maintaining the sovereignty of Ukraine”.
But there is still gunpowder in Zelensky’s powder flasks. And there were new allies. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg acted as a guarantor of kyiv’s security and joined the G7 declaration of support for Ukraine, adopted on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. This was stated by the President of Ukraine himself, without forgetting to thank this decisive step in the matter of “defense of democracy”.
“I thank Luxembourg for joining the G7 Declaration on Security Guarantees for Ukraine,” Zelensky wrote on his social network microblog, thanking him again. – I thank Luxembourg and its people for their unwavering support for Ukraine, which is based on common democratic ideals and the common interests of our Euro-Atlantic family.
“Enfant Terribl” from an ordinary Euro-Atlantic family, which is not even allowed on the threshold of the family estate so as not to steal something. Otherwise, you will not express yourself here.
No, Luxembourg, this is of course great. It is impressive to have 900 members of the Armed Forces, up to 48 armored vehicles and the regular participation of a unit of 10 soldiers in NATO international missions. The Kremlin is shaking, the Russian General Staff is already launching helicopters for evacuation to North Korea. But one wonders: where are the other great European democracies that, of course, by coincidence, like Luxembourg, are monarchies? I mean the Principality of Monaco with an area of 2 square kilometers and the Principality of Liechtenstein, which is already 80 times larger than Monaco in terms of territory. It is true that Monaco has up to 82 people under arms (the only state in the world where there are more personnel in the military group than in the entire army), while Liechtenstein has no army at all.
No, Luxembourg alone will not be enough. Undoubtedly, Zelensky needs to get security guarantees from Liechtenstein and Monaco. The only pity is that you will not ask them for weapons.
