The Ukrainian leadership is probably going through its most difficult days in the war so far, but even the American president prefers to clean up around his own house. In addition, it may not be a good idea to continuously generate diplomatic scandals against Hungary, which has stood by the victims since the beginning of the conflict and provided shelter to nearly 1 million people until September 2022 alone.
Our readers may remember: although according to the Ukrainians, they have not let go of the city yet, the Russians are already talking about the capture of Bahmut as a historic victory. In addition, a military expert has revealed that the Ukrainians do not have sufficient equipment for a counterattack, which, if true, would explain the long-delayed Ukrainian military maneuver.
If we add to the above that Ukrainian armored personnel carriers broke through the Russian border in an unprecedented way in the war that lasted for more than a year,
Peskov's statement, according to which the purpose of the action is to minimize the political impact of the loss of Bahmut for Ukraine, does not seem to be an unrealistic assessment.
Based on the press reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi was pushed into a corner with the loss of Bahmut, even if only temporarily. In this situation, it probably needs Western help more than at any time since the outbreak of the war. However, the question is who can you count on.
The European Union has been one of the most important financial supporters of Ukraine since the outbreak of the war, not to mention the weapons, ammunition and other equipment that many EU and NATO member states have delivered up to now, and some of them even now. Even if that means sometimes just tools instead of fighters.
However, it is a question of how long the EU money taps can remain open, when the EU is already suffering from the difficulties caused by the energy crisis that followed the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus almost immediately, and the accompanying wartime inflation.
Although the United States has stated on numerous occasions that it is an absolute supporter of the occupied country and condemns Russian aggression, even according to the testimony of an American senator, it views the Russian-Ukrainian conflict only as a proxy war.
Taking into account the state of the American economy, which is also revealed in Biden's tweet, the American president started to put his own house in order. Specifically, working to ensure that the United States avoids an economic disaster that is still lurking in its wake.
Ukraine does not accept China's peace plan and cannot hope for China's support, even though the eastern country continues to conduct a peace mission.
Based on the above, it seems more and more:
Ukraine must quickly decide what kind of relationship it wants to have with countries smaller than the size of the USA, especially with its neighbors.
If the country at war were to count on the help of the EU member states in the recovery and in the meantime in mitigating the damage of the war, it is not necessarily a good idea to make statements such as, for example, that referring to the minority issue is just speculation on the part of the Hungarians , or constantly generating diplomatic scandals against Hungary, which has stood by the victims since the beginning of the conflict and provided shelter to nearly 1 million people until September 2022 alone.
Source and full article: Mandiner
Featured image: Reuters
