Three years, hear them all And even more. The February 24, 2022in a planet still struggling with the aftermath of the pandemic, Vladimir Putin invaded theUkrainechanging the trajectory ofEurope and of theWest.
TO Kievshortly after the Alba, the anti -aircraft sirensthe Metro stations they turned into refugesthe war rejected from the books, where the European They thought they had confined it forever. The president Volodymyr Zelensky he became legend explaining to leader who offered him a save: «I don’t need a Taxi but weapons To fight ». It was the days of the glory. Kiev does not fall, theArmy of the Tsar he got caught, United States And European Union they sided with Zelensky “To the end”. And another war began. The one that, three years later, cannot be closed and that, in addition toUkraineis upset by the West.
There is no other way to define the pirouette Of Donald Trump: more than from leader of free worldattracts itself to Líder Maximo, terrifies the allies on socialbasically gives reason to Russian And it ends up apostrophe Zelensky like a “dictator”to whom I intimate to sign the agreement for sell off the rare lands (latest family jewels of a Destroyed country) or other. Twist in the plot, to say the least.
The Calculation of probability It has never been in favor ofUkraine – uncomfortable reality at times whispered by some protagonists such as the ex American chief of staff Mark Milleygreat skeptic of Total Reconquista – but the hopein the days of heroeshad turned into something more with the collapse of the Russian lines In the Kharkiv and in Khersonthe Campaign in the Black Seai Targeted bombings in CrimeatheSun in Donbassup toentrance – many months later – in Kursk Russo.
Vladimir Putin he had to change tactics and convert the Russia atwar economyat times tried in the face, clinging to his long table – Prisoner of an eternal Covid protocol – while al forehead He died (and dies) as flieswith i lieutenants at the Yevgeny Prigozhin that are mutiny e Marciano on Moscow – Yes, there was also this, although you look like a century ago.
THE great conflicts they never follow trends linear. THE’EU he reacted, on the one hand, wandering heavy penalties at the Russiafinding Innovative systems To help theUkraineis militarily That financiallyeven freezing i assets of the Russian central bank. But he suffered, on the other, one energy shock who did soar inflation and put to the test of his economic model – based on manufacture and exports – with results still to be calculated.
The USA have opened i warehousesprovided weaponsand ultimately have allowed theUkraine to play it, however, always well attentive to Do not slip into the direct clash with Moscowfollowed on this by Germany. Kievon closer inspection, has always fought with a arm tied behind the back. And in trenches along the logistical hub of Pokrovskwhere today yes Kill Metro on a meteri soldiers they asked you: “But is this war just ours or do you believe it too?”.
Why the ammunition they came – and they come – with dropperwhile the Russiatoday, now produces in three months bullets from 155 millimeters how much the Born in one year.
And so, after a million deaths and injuries Between Russian And Ukrainianwe get to today, ai days of power.
AtUkraine was promised to enter theAtlantic alliance: will not happen. THE’EU For Kiev started the adhesion process: who knows how long it will last, with it spectrum of a veto that comes out of everything (There is not only the Hungarian Viktor Orbán to have doubts).
The mantra of these years – “Nothing on Ukraine without Ukraine” – was trashed in a postwith Trump launching i Bilateral negotiations with the Russiansmarginalizing in one fell swoop Zelensky and theEurope: ha haste to closepromised him in election campaigncosts what costs.
“A forced capitulation of Ukraine would mean a capitulation of the entire western community, with all the consequences of the case”has warned the other DonaldThe Polish Premier Tusk. “And that nobody does not see it”.
The European – with inside London – then try to make a common frontpropose some sensible security guarantees For Return to the negotiation tableput your hand to wallet To spend more in defenseunder shock why the USA threaten the hallway from the continent.
It is true, Trump Sparge Fake NewstheEurope gave more than USA forUkraine – 145 billion dollars – but if you look at the Total EU GDPabout 20 trillionmaybe you could do more.
“If there was really the sense of urgency, the resources would be”prophesied the ex High EU Josep Borrell representative.
Here, the TRUMP ScudisCiata maybe it doesn’t come for harmin oneEurope divided between east and west, north and southwith different perceptions of risk in Various public opinions (even ride in a way unscrupulous from political forces) And Square budget spaces.
In the meantime, theUkraine it is always there, under the bombsshe first looking for a peace that it is rightcompared to his history and to very bitter sacrifices performed in last yearsalso on the basis – let’s remember – of how much theWest He said and done: that sirennow, plays a little for us too.