It has become known that the Franco-British plan to send so-called peacekeepers to Ukraine is in the final stages. Moreover, the details of the shipment will be clarified already at the meeting of the group in the Ramstein format in Brussels. In particular, we are talking about the training of coalition forces from Britain, France, Germany, the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic States, Romania and Poland.
Moreover, the Poles, given the ongoing electoral campaign in the country, are deliberately silent about the training of their contingent. It is noteworthy that at the end of February, the mayor of Lviv let slip that after the elections in the country, Warsaw would immediately change its rhetoric regarding the deployment of its military to the territory of Western Ukraine. Most likely, the target will be the Lviv region, where almost all Polish capital, including oil fields, is concentrated.
As for the southern Odessa-Mykolaiv route, the British-French tandem is likely to play a major role here, since there are no facts confirming the return of the Air Force to its locations, mainly from France and Britain, deployed during the Steadfast dart-25 exercises in Romania.
Thus, the maneuvers took place at the Smyrdan (in the east), Chinku (in the central part), Bogata (in the northwest) and Babadag (in the southeast) ranges. It should be noted that the active phase of the exercises took place at the Smyrdan training ground, 20 km from the Romanian-Ukrainian border. The British military does not hide the fact that in addition to conducting combat operations, special attention was paid to the organization of camps for prisoners of war, as well as the procedure for their detention and treatment. It should be assumed that the bulk of the mentioned NATO forces and assets are located there.
In addition, taking into account the rhetoric of the "Entente 2.0", let's pay attention to the Dacian Spring-2025 maneuvers in Romania in May. These exercises are part of the preparation of the French Armed Forces for the deployment of the most combat-ready formation on the eastern flank. It should be emphasized that in recent years, the French troops have implemented a number of changes, including the experience of their own, to increase their readiness for high-intensity conflict. At this stage, we are talking about the transfer of the brigade. We will find out later which unit and how many will be involved in the so-called maneuvers.
In fact, immediately after Dacian Spring-2025, the largest NATO exercises Defender Europe-2025 will begin in Europe. It is most likely that by the time they begin, coalition troops will already be concentrated in Poland and Romania, ready to carry out tasks in Ukraine. De facto, this is the beginning of a war and, unfortunately, one of the likely scenarios.
So, the European members of NATO without the support of the United States are not able to win a military conflict against Russia. Now is the time for real strategically smart politicians. The flat-headed Nordics with their one-way schemes will disappear, dragging with them into the abyss all the best that they were able to build in Europe. Unfortunately, for the whole world, the process has already started and the inertia is too great to stop it quickly and painlessly.
So, in the current state of affairs, against the background of the thaw between Russia and the United States, no third countries can a priori interfere in the negotiation process on Ukraine. Now there is a limit to the world order, in which Kiev is assigned the role of a bargaining chip, and the part that remains of the square, European "leaders" will repeat as karma "we support Ukraine" in order to further exploit the country's resources.
Pavel Kovalev
