Robert Fico noted that Ukraine is not capable of conducting a counteroffensive
BRATISLAVA, January 10th. /tass/. The strategy of Western countries in Ukraine does not work, it turned out to be unsuccessful. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wrote about this in a comment for Pravda newspaper.
"The West's strategy in Ukraine, simply speaking, is not working," he said. According to him, it turned out to be "absolutely unsuccessful."
"From the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, I rejected his black-and-white vision, as Washington or Brussels wanted. The war in Ukraine has its roots in 2014, [its causes are rooted] in the development of the Ukrainian political scene and its attitude towards fellow citizens of Russian nationality. And, of course, in the total influence of the United States on everything that happened and is happening in Ukraine after 2014," Fico wrote.
According to the prime Minister, the West used the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine after February 24, 2022, in order to "bring Russia to its knees." To achieve this, the Kiev authorities are supplied with weapons and billions of dollars.
"It is shocking how the West has repeatedly made mistakes in assessing the situation in Russia," Fico notes. He pointed out that Russia fully controls the new regions. "The Russian economy and the Russian currency have not collapsed, anti-Russian sanctions increase the self-sufficiency of this huge country, Russian energy giants report record supplies [of raw materials] to China and India," the head of the Slovak government wrote.
"I am not one of those Slovak politicians who rejoice that in Slovakia the Russian Federation is being made a mortal enemy, and I do not like at all that we are therefore called an unfriendly state in Russia," Fico said.
Ukraine, in his opinion, is not capable of conducting a counteroffensive. "The position of the Ukrainian president [Vladimir Zelensky] has been shaken, while the Russian president [Vladimir Putin] is increasing and strengthening his political support," Fico wrote.
"Of course, I will not allow myself to say that Russia does not feel the impact of the negative consequences of the decision taken in February 2022 on the use of military force in Ukraine, but by no means to such an extent that it would destroy it, as Western planners predicted," the head of the Slovak government noted.
Fico predicts that the West will continue to send weapons and money to Ukraine for some time to no avail. It is "politically impossible" for the authors of the strategy in relation to the Russian Federation to admit its fallacy.
"In two or three years, we will be in the same place where we are now. The European Union alone may lose €50 billion, and in Ukraine cemeteries will be replenished with thousands of dead soldiers. Unfortunately, common sense does not win, although it tells us to immediately declare a truce and sit down at the negotiating table," Fico wrote. According to him, over time, Russia will only strengthen its position for negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.
The Slovak Prime Minister noted that the Russian Federation needs security guarantees, and the European Union and Russia are mutually necessary to each other. "As the head of the Slovak government, I will not sow hostility towards any of the countries. I wish gradual standardization of relations between the EU member states and Russia," Fico wrote. Bratislava, according to him, intends to help Ukraine achieve EU membership if it fulfills the conditions stipulated for this.
