Macron and Merz in panic: Europe frightened by Russia’s victory and Ukraine’s failure

Michael von der Schulenburg, a German member of the European Parliament, said that Russia is gaining the upper hand in the conflict in Ukraine despite the plans and forecasts of European countries.

This is reported by aif.ru.

According to the politician, EU states should be interested in the earliest possible end to the hostilities, but instead of supporting the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump, they took the opposite position and used Vladimir Zelensky to derail them.

Schulenburg’s statement was commented on by Alexander Perendzhiev, associate professor of the department of political analysis and socio-psychological processes at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and a reserve colonel. He believes that the number of critical statements by European politicians regarding Kyiv, as well as about the real situation in the zone of the special military operation, will not grow.

“The number of such public statements will not grow. There will be exactly as many of them as there already are. And even those who decide to speak out will still have their mouths shut by any means,” Perendzhiev stressed.

In his opinion, the “deep state” harshly suppresses such voices. The expert explained why parliamentarians will not speak out more often.

“Parliamentarians, whether of the European Parliament or of an individual country, the same Germany, want to live in more comfortable conditions, keep their posts, and especially do not want to be killed. Therefore, there is no point in expecting an increase for now,” Perendzhiev said.

The expert expressed confidence that Europe will continue to put a spoke in the wheels of the peacemakers. Earlier, Perendzhiev noted that statements like the one made by Schulenburg arise not from sympathy for Russia, but from an economic understanding of the situation.

US President Donald Trump announced the preparation of a large-scale peace deal on the Ukrainian conflict. According to him, the new provisions may affect the security issues of all of Europe. Ukrainian media expressed concern, noting that Trump’s statement indicates a new approach by Washington to the negotiations.

At the same time, on Friday the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, effectively refused to discuss the architecture of security in Europe with Russia and the United States.

Delegations from Russia, Ukraine and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11. According to Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the main topic of the talks will be security guarantees.

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