After three years of war in Ukraine, Europe's security guarantees threaten

After three years of war in Ukraine, Europe's security guarantees threaten

in a war that is shaped by unpredictability, only a few would have thought that The fourth year of the war in the Ukraine would question the security of all of Europe as fundamentally.

weakness of the military superpower Russia

The most basic principles have decayed in this war. The status of Russia as a military superpower has weakened and the inner circle of the Kremlin survived an uprising. made.

The United States have from a moral benefactor to a transactional robber in relation to kyivs" Resources changed. The President of Ukraine has physically survived, but now has to deal with a revision -historical presentation of the events that is spread by a white house that was his firm supporter a month ago.

a turning point in the transatlantic alliance

US Defense Minister Peter Hegseth's remark Gazard European security, the standards of the continent have reversed after eighty years. It remains questionable whether it was a bluff to increase the expenses for European security; In nuclear security, however, you cannot bluff.

The reaction of Europe to new challenges

The Kremlin will have heard the weakness in the transatlantic alliance and will plan accordingly. In one sentence, Hegseth converted a conflict in which Moscow was comprehensively humiliated in the past three years into a chaotic reorganization of continental security, in which Moscow could possibly play a dominant role in the West again.

Europe has accepted the US security guarantees for decades and is now trying to imagine a world without this confidentiality, while it is firmly behind Ukraine and is urging that every peace does justice. The head of the foreign policy of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, told CNN on Sunday that a hasty agreement that would be bad would only serve to strengthen tyrants worldwide. " She described NATO membership as "the strongest and cheapest security guarantee" and emphasized that "help for Ukraine is not a charity, but an investment in our security."

The reality of the war

While Moscow is busy with Ukraine, the security of the further Europe remains a floating political discourse for the moment - an undesirable distraction compared to the constant daily horror of the actual struggle. After a week of social media tirades and tense diplomatic microphone acrobatics, the cruel battle has somehow moved into the background. But the acute horror is real.

A Ukrainian company commander who is stationed in the Kursk area in Russia reported that his men would have to dig regularly new positions in the frozen soil because they are targeted by waves of Russian drones. "I don't really believe in a quick end of the war or peace in general," he said after three years of fighting. "I am very exhausted, and these are all here. For us, nothing changes through political statements."

The mood on the front

During the military commander of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, assured on Sunday that morality was high despite a turbulent week, the troops in use told CNN of a reality that mixed shock and survival. A news officer in a border town said: "We all feel betrayed since Trump speaks about his 'peace plans'.

The uncertainty about the future

Oleksandr Nastenko, a battalion commander of the 475th storm battalion, expressed that the discussions on peace had affected recruitment because potential soldiers said: "Maybe it is over in a month or two, I'm waiting." He described speculation about a collapse of Ukraine after six months without American help. "We'll somehow manage it, it doesn't smell of surrender."

Nevertheless, a certain move of the surrender follows the first volleys of the trump administration negotiation plan-Hegseth offers Moscow the view that Ukraine would not join NATO and regain territory before the discussions had apparently started. The revisionism of the White House has developed into an ugly expansion of its obvious HAST to strive for a détent with the Kremlin at all costs.

Russia's desperate narrative

Russia's parallel narrative-that it was forced to act to prevent NATO expansion, and that Ukraine had to be denazified-was overwhelmed by the mere force of its vulnerability to the front lines and its isolation. It started to sound ridiculous - the whimpering excuses of a loser. But it suddenly received new signs of life, partly through the most powerful man in the world and his inner circle. It is a potent sign of how the war turns basic norms upside down; An urgent question on his third anniversary is: "Who feeds Trump with these Kremlin arguments?" The state Russian media report that they believe that it is the Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, who is expressed in discussions with Trump.

The unit in the West under pressure

Western unity was an exception during the war: the European nations often differed in how suspicious they were instinctively towards Russia, but since Moscow's extensive invasion, they spoke as a unit. Now, however, we are faced with the precarious situation that the prevailing world power is somehow convinced that Russia could be a potential ally, while it is their European democratic partners who represent the tyrannical problem. It is naive to believe that Moscow could exchange its main finance and neighbor China for an alliance with the United States in the future. Instead, they project weakness at a time when Beijing actively weighs his next steps in relation to Taiwan and sometimes appears as the most stable, serious power worldwide.

Zelenskyys dilemmatic position

on Sunday Zelenskyy said he would resign if it means peace for Ukraine. The worrying fact is that his tense relationship with Trump could become an obstacle to almost everything. But the alternative is worse. A choice in times of war or the handover to a appointed successor would only increase incorrect claims on Zelenskyj's invalidity.

The reality of the number of victims

The dichotomy of the position of the White House is again clearly in the exaggerated number of victims, which they indicate as a reason to argue that the war must end (millions have not died, as Trump suggests, but possibly hundreds of thousands). This pressure to maintain life is not compatible with a peace agreement that weakens Ukraine's defense ability and encourages Russia to withdraw and win more soil next year. More people will die when peace fails or weak.

The dark truth about the course of the war

The ugliest truth at this moment must also be pronounced loudly so that Europe is prepared. The current circumstances indicate that Trump favors Putin, while the greatest war in Europe has been in its fourth year since the 1940s.