Zelensky called Bin Salman/for consultation about ways to end the war.
According to Russia Today, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reemphasizing his request for compromise and peace between Moscow and Kyiv, said that if Ukraine joins the European Union, then the influence of the United States on Europe will increase greatly and the independence of the continent. Green disappears.
Pointing out that the war in Ukraine has already claimed the lives of about half a million people, most of whom are Ukrainians, Sarkozy said: “But we continue (with military aid) because those sitting on the boulevard Saint-Germain are very brave about sending Ukrainian youth to their deaths.” are! (Sarkozy is referring to Boulevard Saint-Germain, a street that has gained a reputation for itself due to political debates between French intellectuals.)
Refusing to call Russia an “aggressor” in the war, the former French president said that, in his opinion, Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the European Union, which Kyiv has been seeking for years, will not lead to peace because, in his opinion, “if Ukraine “Bring it to Europe, you will make the Americans powerful because the countries of Eastern Europe are dominated by Washington.”
According to Sarkozy, although Ukraine, due to its strong dependence on Washington’s military aid, basically expresses the wishes and opinions of the United States, but this does not apply to the relations between Washington and Paris. He emphasized: that France has a unique opinion and approach and does not adapt itself to American interests.
Despite emphasizing his request for France’s support for Ukraine, Sarkozy said that in his opinion, Ukraine should eventually receive a security guarantee from the West, but should remain neutral and continue to act as a “bridge between the world of Russia and us”.
The former president of Russia stated: We cannot fuel the war simply by saying “more weapons, more killing, more resistance”; How are you going to get yourself out of it?
He claimed that the war in Ukraine was only for the benefit of China; According to him, the country gained influence with the “flattery of its partners in the BRICS economic group” and the US also benefited from the war by selling weapons and supplying natural gas at higher prices.
Sarkozy said last week that in any peace agreement with Moscow, Crimea should be recognized as part of this country; A comment that angered Kyiv. Mykhailo Podoliak, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, described the proposal as “criminal” and accused Sarkozy of complicity in organizing “genocide and war.”
