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The news from the front has not been good for weeks. Ammo is running out, fatigue is gaining ground. The sustainability of Ukrainian society is being tested.
As the Russian-imposed war on Ukraine enters its third year, Kiev is facing perhaps its worst situation since the failure of the initial offensive launched by Vladimir Putin. The news from the front has not been good for weeks. Ammo is running out, fatigue is gaining ground. The sustainability of Ukrainian society is being tested.
This fatigue is even more legitimate since, for the attacked country, this war actually started ten years ago, after the Maidan revolution. As soon as Ukraine unequivocally expressed its desire to turn towards Europe and the West, the master of the Kremlin opened hostilities to imply that this expression of independence and sovereignty was unacceptable to him.
The war revealed first of all in Russia an imperialism that justifies all monstrosities, such as the bombing of a territory where civilians are indistinguishable from military. But today it highlights a tragic temptation in the United States. That of cowards, of giving up to come to the aid of a nation fighting for its freedom even though no American soldier is exposed to the fury of combat.
This temptation poses a dire threat to Ukraine, which would not be able to withstand the first Russian attacks without the strong military support provided by Democratic President Joe Biden. The latter is now thwarted in Congress by a Republican Party that has passed a generation of unlimited meddling under the pernicious influence of Donald Trump, he has nothing left to say to the world.
This American stunt, whether or not it was registered during the November 5 presidential election, should be a final alarm signal to the Europeans. What is happening in the East concerns them much more directly than they have been willing to recognize until now. A new era is dawning.
In the mind of its Russian instigator, the war in Ukraine is not fought with the objective of getting the territorial negotiations in the best possible position. For Vladimir Putin, this is an existential conflict, waged against the value system that forms the heart of the European model. Everything testifies to this: the filling of Russian skulls carried out on an industrial scale, the transformation of the country's economy into a war economy, the militarization of minds, the work to undermine Western opinions, or even the brutal suppression of any form of dissent.
This Russian rush, combined with the possibility of an American withdrawal and thus a weakening of NATO, is forcing the Europeans to prepare as soon as possible to guarantee their security, which begins in Ukraine. They can only achieve this united, as with all the other challenges they have had and will have to face, from pandemics to climate issues, whatever future-minded sovereignists with their eyes fixed on the future claim. a past gone.
The challenge is colossal. So far, European leaders have lived up to history. They now have to undertake a difficult task to convince their people. The threat is there, to pretend to ignore it would be unforgivable./ Adapted "Pamphlet" from "Le Monde"
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