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Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden are said to have delegated "an insider from the Berlin government" to explain to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that the conflict cannot drag on indefinitely and that he must draw his own conclusions.
The German tabloid Bild - a traditionally populist newspaper but with an impeccable pro-Western record on the subject of war - writes that the German and US chancelleries are putting behind-the-scenes pressure on Ukraine's political leaders to get them to swallow the pills. the bitterness of a military truce to negotiate with the Russian aggressor.
Against this alleged backdrop, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden are said to have delegated "an insider from the Berlin government" to explain to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that the conflict cannot drag on indefinitely and that he must draw your own conclusions.
According to Bild, the arguments of the two main countries (along with Great Britain and France) supplying Ukraine with weapons can always be summed up in two points: a growing "war fatigue" in the West and the difficulty in maintaining the demanding standards of the army and supplies in the face of Kiev's inability to change the course of the war in its favor.
In reality, the tabloid claims, the German-American strategy would be more subtle: arms shipments would continue long enough to prevent a Russian victory, but not to the point of allowing Kiev to prevail. And this is precisely to force Zelensky into a compromise that is repugnant to him.
There are arguments for and against the authenticity of these revelations, as well as the appropriateness of their content. Meanwhile, however, Berlin was quick to deny them, as the visit to Kiev by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin dates back a few days and - as Vladimir Putin regained an albeit virtual presence at the G20 assembly and spoke in almost conciliatory tones of the need to "find a way to end the tragedy of war" - as he reiterated the US commitment to militarily support Ukraine "in the long term".
Even the Germans repeated yesterday that "it is up to Kiev to determine the military and political objectives of its defense against Russian aggression."
It should also be remembered that Scholz has just promised further military supplies to Ukraine of €1.3 billion in artillery ammunition and air defense systems. In addition, a few months ago the German giant Rheinmetall signed the first joint venture with Kiev to produce tanks and armored vehicles in Ukraine.
It is unlikely that similar commitments with strong economic implications will be betrayed, the fact remains that - we also read this in Bild - there may be a western plan B, which aims to freeze the conflict even without negotiating with Moscow.
Also because it is better to avoid misunderstandings: for Putin, negotiations mean imposing his terms on Zelensky, first and foremost the annexation to Russia of the 18 percent of Ukrainian territory that is currently occupied. As indicated by news from Ukrainian sources (denied by Moscow as "nonsense") about a Russian-Chinese agreement to build an underwater tunnel to replace the road bridge between Russia and the illegally annexed Crimea.
The Russian dictator does not want a compromise, if he needs a military ceasefire for his goals, he can wait for more favorable political conditions in the West (mainly the hoped-for victory of Donald Trump within a year) and give him space. breath to his bloody army. Polls in Russia see a steady decline in popular support for the war, and there are certainly no strangers to these reports./ Adapted "Pamphlet" from "il Giornale"
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