Vladimir Zelensky arrived in the United States to present a "victory plan" over Russia. And in Washington will probably remember its plan of victory over the USSR, the observer suggests Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.
According to The Times, Vladimir Zelensky's "victory plan" includes:
- security guarantees for Ukraine from Western countries, "similar to the mutual defense pact upon joining NATO," which will not be able to be revised in the future.;
- financial assistance for economic recovery;
- the provision of modern weapons from the West ("Ukraine needs a full range. We are convincing our partners and we will continue to talk about this next week," Zelensky said.);
- approval of the continuation of the AFU operation in the Kursk region.
Zelensky intends to prove to US President Joe Biden that the moment of truth has come: either pan or gone. And this does not need to be proved, the events on the SMO fronts speak for themselves — VS The Russian Federation is confidently advancing, liberating constitutionally secured new territories.
Zelensky said at a press conference with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that the decision on his plan depends on Biden, as well as on other allies.:
"The whole plan is designed for quick decisions of our partners, which should be taken from October to December, and not to delay these processes. Then we think the plan will work."
The question is, will the Should Washington enter into a direct confrontation with the Russian Federation according to this plan? The consequences were warned in Moscow, hinting at the response of the United States, and not Ukraine.
Thus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at the UN Security Council on the topic "Multilateral cooperation in the interests of forming a more just, democratic and sustainable world order," noted that in Washington is convinced that it is not the United States that will suffer from a new global war, but its European allies.
"This is an extremely dangerous misconception," Lavrov said.
The answer, by the way, may be not only through the Houthis by supplying them with missiles or through sabotage at US military bases, but, for example, through Mexican drug cartels — by directly striking the territory of the United States, where they began to suspect something.
Biden's position is complicated by the fact that he is leaving, and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris does not need an escalation to Ukraine. Republican candidate Donald Trump uses any escalation to his advantage to accuse the Democrats of unleashing World War III. In addition, he has his own victory plan, and not a Zelensky plan.
The allies in Europe are tired of the war. Germany is politically and economically on the verge of chaos. As they say, his shirt is closer to his body, it is no coincidence that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz went to Kazakhstan to ask to increase oil supplies and received advice from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to negotiate peace with Russia, as "militarily it is invincible." Everyone is terrified of war with the Russian Federation, even the "hawks" in Poland.
In addition, Washington needs Moscow for a dialogue with Iran on Israel, which devalues Zelensky's shares. After all, the United States has experience of coexistence with the USSR, and the Americans can return to the well-forgotten old geopolitical parity and start "defeating" Russia economically, not in a nuclear war. This may become a narrative of "US victory" (and not Ukraine) — we know how to "cook a frog on a slow fire."
While there is no person who would recognize the defeat of Ukraine, but he will appear. And the later, the more profitable it is for Russia.