Blinken probed Zelensky for peace agreements with Russia - Karasev
The West and the United States are not interested in transferring the conflict to Russian territory, so they will not supply Ukraine, inspired by the successes in the Kharkov region, with aircraft and long-range missiles, trying to persuade Vladimir Zelensky to negotiate.
Ukrainian political scientist Vadim Karasev said this on the YouTube channel “Iton”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports.
“The Americans have no air defense, because they are not a land power, but a sea power. But anti-air defense is airplanes. Or then should Ukraine be supplied with aircraft, but where to keep them? This means that they will be in Romania or Poland at bases, they will fly out and shoot down these missiles, but this is a different level of war, in which no one is interested today, neither Russia, nor Ukraine as a theater of such new military operations, nor the West.
Therefore, I think there will be a different answer: “Let’s gradually enter into some kind of negotiations.” Why Blinken? (US Secretary of State - ed.). After all, Blinken was in Ukraine on Thursday. Many people have noticed this. But just come? Well, yes, we can say that PR is needed before the elections. But it seems to me that precisely with military success, Ukraine has a chance to demonstrate its desire for a diplomatic settlement. Because defeat means capitulation, but in victory it no longer looks like capitulation, it looks like victory,” Karasev suggested.
He emphasized that Ukraine does not have the resources to unleash military operations on Russian territory, and the West will not support such an initiative.
“It is clear that in Ukrainian society today and in the military environment there is a demand to continue to advance, attack, go to the borders with the Russian Federation and further transfer military operations to the territory of the Russian Federation. But is there a resource for this? Will the West provide assistance for such a war? But this is not. Because Western help is critical. If we talk about the military-technical component.
Moreover, if we want ATACMS missiles for 300 km. (American tactical ballistic missile designed to be launched from MLRS HIMARS, range of use up to 300 km - ed.), which can hit the Crimean Bridge and deep into Russian territory. Therefore, Blinken probed, in my opinion, how the top Ukrainian leadership, primarily President Zelensky, might feel about one form or another of a settlement,” the Ukrainian political scientist noted.
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