The head of Polish diplomacy is cited in the “NYT” article about Europe's attitude in the event of Ukraine abandoning America. Sikorski stated that Donald Trump is right that Ukraine is more important for Europe than the USA, but assured that for this reason it is ready to “invest proportionally more funds“And he already does it.
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The minister also assessed that although US support for Ukraine, including in the field of sharing intelligence information, is important, “this is not a strong enough card to impose surrender to Ukraine.”
According to other experts cited by the newspaper, almost the surrender would be the acceptance of the conditions by the US by Kiev, including the recognition of the annexation of Crimea.
According to Fabian Zuleeg, the head of the Brussels Think Tank European Policy Center, American proposal “In principle, it gives Russia a victory that he cannot achieve on the battlefield“and is an ally with Russia, treason of Ukraine and European security. He added that the recognition of the annexation of Crimea is “negation of the principles of European peace and undermines the entire European security architecture since World War II“.
Sikorski drew attention to the costs that Russia suffered during the war, estimating them at at least $ 200 billion and almost a million killed and wounded soldiers.
“This is not my definition of victory” – the minister said.
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At the same time, he assessed that Europe “understands the stake” and would continue to support Kyiv.
“Poland will certainly do it and we are not the only ones,” he added.
