This is a real war: Piontkovsky explained how ready the West is for escalation

A dozen Western countries are ready to send Ukraine military instructors. However, there is a short distance between them and the pilots. Conceptually, the West is ready for escalation. First of all, France and Great Britain are ready for this.

This opinion Channel 24said Russian publicist from the United States Andrei Piontkovsky, noting that this is a real war. Meanwhile, Russian propagandists are threatening French President Emmanuel Macron. They say that the Russians will deliberately kill the French military. Ukraine.” Okay, strike it. There is a war about this. It will be a war with a completely different enemy,” said Piontkovsky.

Not an Alliance decision

NATO continues to discuss the possibility of closing the skies in Western Ukraine. Meanwhile, the American media write that the White House is against the idea of ​​a no-fly zone.

A Russian publicist from the United States is convinced that this will not be an agreed upon decision Alliance. Meanwhile, the Estonians announced that they would still send their instructors to Ukraine. And, they say, even if they are killed there, they will not demand that NATO activate Article 5.

People understand that they they will fight for Estonia there. It is better to fight together with a combat-ready Ukrainian army somewhere in the area of ​​Lugansk, Belgorod, Kharkov, than to fight them in Narva after the defeat of the Ukrainian army. “Everyone understands this,” Andrey Piontkovsky emphasized.

At the same time, the United States will not send its planes and instructors to Ukraine. However, this country can produce sufficient quantities of shells for artillery and air defense systems.

“That's enough with Americans. We need French, British and Swedish planes,” added a Russian publicist from the USA.

In his opinion, Ukraine needs only 150 aircraft to “throw out” the Russian group from the temporarily occupied Crimea within a week. After that, Piontkovsky believes, “irreversible political changes will occur in Moscow.”

Abrupt changes

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on the bloc countries to lift restrictions on the use of their weapons on Russian territory. Piontkovsky noted that Stoltenberg, according to his duties, must express consensus opinion.

“And he suddenly declares : “Let Biden lift his restrictions not to strike Russian territory.” The mood is changing greatly,” said a Russian publicist from the United States.

Is France sending its instructors to Ukraine

• Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky said that he welcomes the initiative of France to send its instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian military.
• This statement was not confirmed in France. The defense department of this country stated that training in Ukraine is one of the projects that are being discussed.
• The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, meanwhile, noted that discussions are ongoing with France and others countries on this issue. They added that Ukraine has been interested in the prospect of receiving foreign instructors since February 2024.
• Earlier Le Figaro, citing a survey, wrote that 51% are ready to fight for the Ukrainian state French people aged 18 to 25 years. They are not against joining the fighting at the front. In addition, 31% of French youth support the idea of ​​stationing their country's troops in Ukraine.