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The West cannot allow Ukraine to lose its war against Putin.
Christmas tree in Ukraine: Christmas tree made of grenades in Kiev. 2023 is a bad year for Ukraine. Photo: REUTERS/NTB
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The year 2023 will disappear A tired Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, in Oslo, and an almost fired-up and aggressive Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at his annual press conference in Moscow. This is too bad, because the year that is about to end has been a bad year for Ukrainians.
A year ago It was very different. By then the Ukrainians had driven the Russian invaders from Kharkov County in the north and west of the Dnipro River in Kherson County to the south. In the north, the Russian invaders fled headlong, and in the south they withdrew in a kind of closed line. Both areas suffered massive defeats. So there were high expectations for a spring attack when the snow would melt and new western tanks could once again get solid ground under their caterpillars.
Now we can confirm Many thought that the military offensive by the Ukrainians was unsuccessful. This led to visible discord and competition between President Zelensky and the Ukrainian military leadership. That led to a war-weariness among Ukraine’s friends and allies. In the US, the aid package is on hold as Republicans sit back and fear the war in Ukraine could turn into another nightmare for Vietnam. In the EU, Hungary is leading the charge against propping up Ukraine, and Putin-pardoned right-wing populists could win elections in several countries in 2024. So far, only Hungary has temporarily blocked the EU’s aid package.
It is in this Newly confident President Vladimir Putin makes himself tall and dark at his annual press conference in Moscow, saying that only if Russia achieves its goals will peace prevail in Ukraine. Among other things, they must “denazify” Ukraine and ensure the country remains neutral. Putin has yet to say what the target is regionally. Therefore, continuous war was his goal, not least because he was able to stabilize society and the economy and sharpen his ideology in the direction of tyranny and autocracy. The war has so far been a political victory for Putin.
Everything is still there Not black. The European Union decided last week to formally open membership negotiations with Ukraine. Britain and France said yesterday that they will support Ukraine as long as necessary. The fact remains that the civilized world cannot allow Putin to win the war in Ukraine. It speaks not only about the freedom of Ukrainians, but also about the authenticity of our liberal and democratic values. The West cannot afford to lose the war in Ukraine.
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