In the middle of the night, at the stroke of the third anniversary of the beginning of theRussian aggressionthe announcement of Ursula von der leyen: theEurope will accelerate the sending of weapons to Kiev And it is ready for others penalties against Fly. Then the confirmation of new aid for 3.5 billion euros and a symbolic message: theEU could become the house ofUkraine even before the 2030.
Western leaders were tightened in an increasingly compact hug a Kiev doing square around Volodymyr Zelensky in the same hours when the French president Emmanuel Macron flew from Donald Trump to try to put the continent back into the negotiations with Vladimir Putin and lay the foundations for guarantees of safety solid that, continue to repeat the leaders EUare essential.
From Fly But the reaction is freezing: «There are no pre -contracts to resume a dialogue with theEurope», Cut the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskovpointing the finger at the sixteenth package of EU sanctions which in all probability will not be the last and which affects the Russian shadow fleetthe propaganda and the cryptocurrency.
«In this struggle for survival it is not only the fate of theUkraine to be at stake, but that ofEurope», He marked von der leyen Upon his arrival a Kiev Next to the President of the European Council Antonio Costa and accompanied by its college almost complete with 22 Commissioners present. A message strengthened by the announcement of “a complete plan on how to increase the production of weapons and defense skills in Europe»The March 6th at the extraordinary leader of the leaders to make it clear that “one right peace And lasting it is only obtained by force ».
To give strength to the words of the German on the podium of theInternational Summitit to Kiev There were also the first ministers or heads of state of Spain, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia. And, from Berlin, the voice of the future chancellor has also arrived Friedrich Merz who, fresh from electoral victory, lashed out against “the unacceptable attempt” of Washington «To decide on the heads of Europeans and Ukrainians to make an agreement with the Russia», Then hurry to ask for a” defense capacity European independent »as a possible alternative to«Born in its current form ». An ideal and unpublished axis with Paris for one Germany which, from the Second World War, has always relied on the Atlantic protection.
In front of Putin which still wants “the capitulation ofUkraine», The plan that von der leyen has in mind aims to “strengthen resistance Ukraine»And the continental military industry to remove the spectrum of new wars. The unity between the Twenty -seven On the new measures, however, it will be difficult to find, starting from the aid to be put in place – on which there is already the opposition of Hungary And Slovakia – and from funding. Italy pushes for the eurobondbut still meets resistance – although less rigid – from the Nordic countries and now hopes in a turning point by the new German executive. Also the proposal sponsored by Macron And Keir Starmer to send 30 thousand peacekeeper in Ukraine is analyzed with caution from Rome And from other capital: in the vision of Dublin talk about peacekeeping It is out of the question without “still no evidence from Putin on the fact that he wants peace ».
In the presence of western leaders, the hope of Zelensky However, it was clear: “Being able to end the war this year”. The first negotiating step for theEUsuggested Coastwill be appointed a special correspondent for theUkraine that can represent the position of the Twenty -seven but also of the partners United Kingdom, Norway And Iceland. The high representative Kaja Kallas In the next few hours it will fly to Washington To meet the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio As an “keeping”, an increasingly fragile transatlantic axis, but the staple remains summarized in the slogan ‘no agreement on theUkraine without theUkraine. The interviews can be “credible” only in the presence of Kiev and of theUnionthey have returned to reiterate the leaders EUunderlining that the agreement will have to guarantee “lasting” conditions and “must not reward theattacker».
A message also shared by the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani that, from the forum Italy-eauhighlighted the importance of “one right peace which guarantees freedom e safety atUkraine and within theEU». To be obtained in any case «in close relationship with the United States». The guarantee of safety better, in perspective Europeanthe entry of Kiev in the club of Twenty -sevenperhaps already within the next five years.