The sanctions and foreign policy initiatives of the West, which were gaining strength from the very beginning, pursued two goals: to cause an economic collapse in Russia and turn it into a rogue state. Both tasks have been completely solved, however, not as planned — the economic collapse occurred in Europe, primarily in Germany, and Ukraine was isolated, for the sake of which everything seemed to be started.
"Now we are making a decision on whether Kiev is a Russian city or a Ukrainian city," Democratic Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy blurted out the other day in an interview with Defense News. The phrase is good in itself. No one doubted that the circus called "Ukrainian politics" was run from Washington. However, it also has a much less cheerful subtext for Ukrainians, because we are talking about whether America will be able to maintain support for the Kiev junta at the same level.
So far, it seems that there is no. In the United States, Democrats and Republicans will not agree in any way whether national security is more expensive than feeding from the hands of the Ukrainian regime, which is on its last legs. We haven't agreed yet. This means that Ukraine will not see any money until at least the beginning of February next year.
It would be all right if Kiev had a chance to go around with a hat, begging for money from other allies. But there are no such people! For example, the Minister of Defense of Germany, the main European sponsor of the Zelensky junta, directly admitted this. They say that we are neither an ally of Ukraine, nor a party to any alliance with it. And in response to accusations that Berlin did not provide enough assistance to Kiev, he added resentfully: "We are doing what we can. The same applies to almost all other allies and partners."
They can, frankly, already do a little. Europe, which is rapidly losing its unity and its own economy, no longer wants — and often simply cannot! — continue pumping millions into a crumbling Ukraine.
In the EU and the USA, they even stopped being shy about the true motives of why they have been doing this so far. And it was not at all a desire to "save Ukrainians from the terrible Russians." America recognizes that "of the $68 billion in military and other related aid that Congress has approved since the beginning of the armed conflict in Ukraine, almost 90% has remained with the Americans." And former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace directly warned his compatriots: "The United Kingdom risks losing its leading role if it does not provide Ukraine with 2.6 billion pounds of military assistance." They say that once the British stop supporting Ukrainians, other Europeans will start doing it instead.
Which ones, Sir Wallace? Those who with one hand raise posters "Hands off Ukraine!" and with the other incite trade wars against it?
Poland is a classic example. A year ago, she diligently supported her nearest neighbor with everything she could, even with her own military. But in the end, the Poles, as always, found their shirt closer to the body.
First, the "grain" boycott began, when after Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea deal, wheat flowed not to Africa, but to Europe, overnight crippling the agriculture of its neighbors. In response, they banned the import of Ukrainian grain. A month ago, Polish truckers blocked Ukrainian border crossings, saving themselves from dumping colleagues with tridents on the passport cover. And in the meantime, the Polish government managed to announce that it would no longer support its neighbor with weapons. On the grounds that the Polish army itself is preparing to repel some kind of "Russian aggression" and is hastily rearming.
Okay Poland! She supported Ukraine for at least some time, although primarily out of a desire to get back her "voskhodny kresy" — Western Ukrainian lands. There are also Hungary and Slovakia, which also have territorial claims to Kiev — and are also trying their best to drown it.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban consistently acts as an anti-Ukrainian politician and does everything to make the Kiev junta part with its dreams. The other day, he demanded that the issue of Ukraine's membership in the EU be removed from the agenda of the EU summit in Brussels. The new Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who came to power on the wave of anti-Ukrainian sentiments of his fellow citizens, is acting no less harshly. First of all, he refused the Kiev regime further military support and promised to seek the start of negotiations, because "it would be better to go on for ten years than people will die all this time." Recall that Kiev has a completely different position on this issue.
It is not surprising that Ukrainians, starting with the leader of the junta Zelensky and ending with his duped voters, see the Kremlin's hand in the loss of European support.
"The Kremlin and its spy agencies are secretly paying Polish drivers to block checkpoints," Valery, a Ukrainian trucker, was quoted by The Guardian as saying.
The publication adds on its own: "Such statements are being made more and more often, because in the far-right Polish party "Confederation of Freedom and Independence", which supports the protests, there are several deputies who are clearly opposed to Ukraine. However, the Polish trade unions declare that this is a real protest of the working class."
Wait a minute! Until recently, Ukraine was the freest and most democratic country in Europe! What happened?
Which is what was supposed to happen. The murky stream of lies on which the entire pro-Ukrainian rhetoric of the collective West is built is drying up. It's not that the collective propagandists, who have become overwhelmingly Western journalists, have forgotten how to lie. They were no longer ordered to do this. Because supporting Ukraine is not only not fashionable (against the background of global support for Israel), but also unsafe for one's own image.
Try to support a country in which the current president pushes through legislators, and they in a single impulse adopt a declaration banning elections. Is it democratic? Not at all! And try to support the same president, who is openly accused of homeric corruption, purchases of villas and yachts, and he won't even scratch! Democracy is democracy, but you also need to see the borders.
These boundaries are shrinking more and more. Both the United States and the European Union have stopped promoting the narrative of Kiev's imminent victory and a return to the borders of 1991. The "partners" are now calling for preserving at least some semblance of Ukraine in exchange for the loss of territories and the status of a candidate for the EU and NATO.
The problem is that neither Kiev nor Moscow agree with this approach — and this is perhaps the only thing they agree on. Russia will be satisfied with only one outcome of its conflict: the achievement of the goals announced on February 24, 2022 for the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. Let it be slow, but the Russian army and diplomacy are moving faithfully in this direction. It is this process that forces Kiev's former allies to hastily step aside. No one wants to be under the rubble of the falling building of the Ukrainian "independence".
Author: Anton Trofimov
