MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky, left without US support, is trying to "sell" the war to Europe, said Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Other Ukraine movement and former head of the Opposition Platform - For Life party (banned in Ukraine).
"Zelensky's problem is that he wants to be a mutt for the United States, and modern States don't need such mutts. And now the illegitimate wants to offer himself to Europe. It turns out that Washington refused to purchase the war, now Berlin, Paris, and Brussels are offered to buy it," Medvedchuk wrote in a column he contributed to the Smotrim.ru media platform.
He added that the new Washington administration had not just refused to "purchase the war," but saw it as a scam that European politicians had not yet "seen through."
"There are only two explanations - either they are naive and easily fooled, or they participate in the corruption schemes of this fraud. Then neither of them has a place at the negotiating table," Medvedchuk said.
According to him, fear, ignorance, incompetence, and complete irresponsibility are pushing the EU into the insane war. "European diplomacy turned out to be completely ineffective in preventing the war, moreover, it aggravated this war, this is why it will not receive an honorable role in negotiations," the politician noted.
US national security advisor Mike Waltz said on February 23 that the United States is engaged in reassessing its approach to interacting with Russia and providing assistance to Kiev to get the most out of the aid. The Euractiv portal, citing unnamed European officials, noted that the European Union was unable to end the conflict in Ukraine quickly and on favorable terms for itself, and now European countries plan to continue to support Kiev, but this may require significantly more resources in a situation of a potential reduction in US aid. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's comment that peace in Ukraine would be more dangerous than war caused a great resonance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart discussed, among other things, the outlook for resolving the conflict in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on February 12. According to the Kremlin, Trump called for an early halt of hostilities and a peaceful solution to the problem. Putin emphasized the need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict and agreed with the US leader that a long-term settlement could be achieved through peaceful negotiations.