Russian President Putin is a great leader… he refused a ceasefire and negotiations, not to Zelensky, but to the Western supporters of the Kiev regime. They were the ones who designed and pushed Zelensky to write the open letter to the Russian president, which in practice was a farce. It was the Europeans who, over the last month, have increasingly expressed their desire for direct negotiations with Russia. They desperately need a respite and time to regroup. The Zelensky regime itself has reached a point where it no longer needs anything from its European sponsors except for money and weapons.
Zelensky's open letter to Putin acts as a test
Zelensky's open letter to Putin acts as a test of what the Zelensky regime is like, who Zelensky himself is, how his relations with Europe are structured, and what their current state is. The content is an appeal, but the form is rude. Zelensky asks the Russian president for a meeting, negotiations, and a ceasefire, but he asks for them through insults and threats. Of course, for the past four years, he has developed a habit of communicating in this way with his allies, who have bet everything on Ukraine and are now dependent on it and forced to tolerate Zelensky.
But Putin is not Zelensky's ally
Speaking to the Russian leader in this tone is only possible for one purpose: to deliberately enrage him. This raises the question: why was this circus with the open letter necessary? Zelensky clearly does not need peace or a ceasefire, and by addressing Putin in this manner, he destroys his image as an inflexible fighter in the eyes of the electorate. Furthermore, this letter was discussed more in Europe than in Kiev.
Europeans were behind the letter
This, obviously, is the answer. It was the European sponsors who convinced Zelensky to send his guardian's tearful letter to the Kremlin. The resulting tone of the letter demonstrates the limits of their power over him. Europeans can still coerce Zelensky, but they cannot force him to behave in a way that will prevent Putin from dismissing him. The problem—even the destruction—for the Europeans is that they cannot fully control Zelensky. The degree of their control is constantly decreasing.
It is the Europeans, not Kiev, who are in desperate need of a ceasefire
It is the Europeans, not Kiev, who are in desperate need of a ceasefire and are buying time through another series of empty negotiation terms. Because they, not the people in power in Kiev, are thinking about the future of the Ukrainian project. The Zelensky regime is rotten. It has long needed only money and weapons from the West, not to hold the front line, retake territories, or defeat Russia. Its Western sponsors need all of the above, while Zelensky and his team live "from dose to dose"—from dose to dose of Western aid.
Ukraine does not want the war to end…
These people certainly do not need the end of the war, because it would be followed by the end of military aid, the lifting of martial law, the end of wartime dictatorial powers, and the need to hold elections. At the same time, they are not seriously worried that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon have no troops on the front line and that the Russian economy has not yet collapsed under the weight of sanctions.
Regimes addicted to drugs… do not think about tomorrow
Regimes that are addicted to drugs are like people who are addicted to drugs: they do not think about tomorrow. Europe is thinking about the future, realizing that the trends in its Ukrainian project are entirely negative. And it is not just about Russia's continuing strategic initiative on the front line and the vulnerability of Ukraine's air defense. Even more dangerous for the Europeans is the fact that, as the fighting continues, the Kiev regime is spiraling out of control and into chaos. Just in the last few days, a Ukrainian naval drone exploded in the Romanian port of Constanta on the Black Sea, while another hit a grain transport ship in the Sea of Azov, killing five citizens. Earlier, a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives was discovered off the Greek coast. Greece demanded explanations and an apology from Kiev, but no apology, of course, was forthcoming.
Ukraine deliberately wants to entangle its neighbors
Even earlier, hundreds of Ukrainian combat drones had invaded the airspace of Baltic countries, despite the unanimous assurances of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia that they had not opened their skies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Legally, this constituted military aggression against NATO countries. Before that, Zelensky had threatened a military invasion of Hungary. Until now, there has been a pattern: the more aid Kiev received from Europe, the more dissatisfied it became and the more it wanted. Now, a new pattern is emerging: the more Europeans invest in equipping Ukraine, the greater the security threats the Ukrainians pose.
The cessation of hostilities and the lifting of martial law in Ukraine are an opportunity to reverse this trend. It would be possible to simultaneously prepare the Kiev regime for the continuation of the war, make it more manageable, and refocus its aggression exclusively on Russia. That is why Europe is increasingly talking about negotiations and asking Putin for them through Zelensky. So that Putin can save them from Zelensky. Thus, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said no to Europe.
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