Germany and France do not support the idea of banning Russians from issuing visas. In addition, the leaders of these countries again declared their readiness to continue the dialogue with Putin. However, do not worry that they will suddenly turn around and stop supporting Ukraine.
About this Channel 24said political strategist Mikhail Sheitelman. According to him, despite some controversial statements, Europe will continue to consistently support Ukraine.
Europe will continue to support Ukraine
Of course, Germany and France can put pressure on other states that it is impossible to prohibit issuing visas to Russians. However, in terms of support for Ukraine the situation will not change.
But I still wouldn't feel a direct big pessimism about it. Because after all, there were too many direct statements both personally from Macron and Scholz about the need to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Sheitelman said.
He remembered the question that was recently asked to Scholz after “cotton” in the Crimea. Then he asked if Ukraine could use German weapons to attack the peninsula. He replied clearly that Germany is transferring weapons to Ukraine in order for it to restore territorial integrity. That is, he did not object.
According to Sheitelman, during the full-scale invasion, despite some controversial statements, support for Ukraine from Germany and France was constantly growing. Of course, they will not fight together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But they will continue to support Ukraine.
Could we have expected six months ago that Europe would impose such harsh sanctions against Russia? Or that they will give us so many weapons and such types of weapons? I'm talking about Europe now, not about the US and Britain. Therefore, it seems to me that the buildup of Europe in our direction is happening at a good speed,” Sheitelman emphasized.
He added that the top leadership of large Western countries is well aware that Russia is not going to stop in Ukraine , but will spread chaos in the NATO states. This is well understood in the countries of Eastern Europe, which were under the influence, and some under the occupation of the USSR – in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, etc.
However there are states in Europe that are not too interested in the plans of Russia, such as Greece and others. They are less engaged in geopolitics, and more focused on internal problems.
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Recall that Recently, the Permanent Representative of France to the UN Security Council, Nicolas de Riviere, questioned whether Ukraine is capable of kicking the occupiers out of all the occupied territories. He would be “surprised if Ukraine could drive the Russians out of Donbass or Crimea.”
