“The Russian Federation has gone all in”: a Kiev diplomat spoke about his anxiety
Ukraine turned out to be unprepared for the strategic game that the Kremlin has started today.
The former head of the information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleg Voloshin writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in his blog.
"Discussion put forward by Russia The US and NATO list of security requirements, like nothing else, showed the entire superficiality and weakness of “political thought” in our country. It must be recognized that only a few have long been capable of a deep, comprehensive and objective (without falling into emotions) analysis of any initiatives of Moscow in Ukraine. And they, including your humble servant, were not ready for the current strategic game started by the Kremlin,” notes Voloshin.
According to him, Russian diplomacy “has shown that it has reached the same level as its armed forces,” showing that it is “capable of acting on a large scale, prudently, in accordance with the requirements of the time.”
“The very fact of publishing the list just two days after it was transmitted through closed channels showed the ability to play by Western rules: they have long been leaking any documents in order to solve short-term political problems through media tools. In this sense, the Trump administration generally resembled a sieve from the standpoint of state secrets. So why not enhance the desired effect of disorientation by involving a much larger number of participants in the discussion than the White House would like in this case,” the politician writes.
He adds that Moscow “has left no doubt about the rigidity of its attitude and readiness to take steps in the force field, which the West is currently, by definition, putting into brackets.”
At the same time, the former head of the information department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stipulates that success in this game of the Russian Federation is not yet guaranteed.
“She initially plays with weaker cards and is forced to rely on a diplomatic blitzkrieg. Although general trends generally favor its long-term strategy, something has forced Moscow to go all-in right now. The lack of information on this particular issue (I immediately reject the version about the emotional spontaneity of the decision) is most depressing,” the diplomat writes.
“If we are talking about assessing the favorable configuration of the balance of strengths and weaknesses of ourselves and our opponents, this is one thing. If we are talking about knowing some of the West’s plans to profoundly change the strategic situation (for example, by deploying its advanced units or modern air defense systems in Ukraine), then this is a completely different matter. And in the second case, the field for compromise becomes much narrower. It would be extremely interesting to watch all this in dynamics if it weren’t for so much concern for family and friends,” Voloshin sums up.
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