Putin “threatens” Italy and hostile countries, Vienna tries twinning. France and Germany on pause for reflection?
On the fifty-four day of the war, the scenarios have changed compared to a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the changes do not cross the path towards peace which, quite the contrary, seems out of the thoughts of the two contenders: Putin and Zelensky.
As in sports, even individual ones, behind every athlete there is a team. In the case of the war in Ukraine, which only fulfills the conflicting characteristics of sporting countries, if the two protagonists are their respective presidents, the teams are made up of teams in support of one and the other.
In a long battle that is taking the form of a war of attrition, the Russian contender tries to bring down members of the opponent by hitting him in the main axes: the members of his “team”. Here then comes new Putin threats to Italy, but not only. The warning that comes from Moscow is unique for all those nations that “irresponsibly” support Ukraine by sending weapons and equipment.
In the sent by Russia to all direct and indirect opponents of the war, that is, those who finance the Ukrainian resistance economically or militarily, it intends to “stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukraine, which implies unpredictable consequences for regional and international security “.
While on the one hand Kiev’s demand for supplies is constantly growing, on the other hand, Russian intimidation is increasing. And while the countries of the Ukrainian side prepare a new decree for military aid to Kiev next week, the CIA and Ukraine are launching another, yet another, alarm of the possible use of nuclear weapons by the Kremlin.
On one of the Russian state channels, propaganda channels, the presenter Olga Skabeyeva allegedly said that the West’s support for Ukraine can be “Quietly called World War III”. A very strong message, which can represent an attempt to legitimize any military action outside Ukrainian soil, or just a monitor to demoralize the enemy. On the other hand, war rhetoric is a very strong weapon that Russia has adopted since the first day of travel.
While an investigation by the International Criminal Court into war crimes is underway, even in the West there are those who, in doubt, take steps to maintain relations with Putin. Karl NehammerAustrian chancellor, he was the first leader of our hemisphere to meet Moscow’s number one, and he did so in his own territory.
The position that the Austrian premier intends to take seems to be that of mediator. According to his statements, Putin would even be ready to collaborate in the ongoing investigation into war crimes. Austria, which is totally dependent on gas, is certainly a good bank on which to lean on, which can so Russian, the West from the inside.
To be sure, since Russia decided to switch from an iron fist to a lead one, several countries have been trying to slip away to take a more neutral stance. There Czech Republicfrom being a fervent supporter of Ukrainian armament, she has become tacit consent to the Russian vetoes.
Macronin the middle of the electoral campaign with one eye and three quarters in the ballot on Sunday, he took the opportunity to dissociate himself from the words of Biden who defined that of Putin a “genocide”.
While Zelensky seems ready to do anything not to give up in Moscow, there too Germany he takes a “pause for reflection” after the Ukrainian President himself has banned the entry into the country of Frank-Walter Steinemier, president of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The position of Italy, on the other hand, continues to be immovable: everything to support the armed victory of Ukraine. And so someone, ill-thinking or partially sighted, sees in the belligerent Draghi an attempt to undermine Jens Stoltenberg at the head of NATO.
On the war chessboard the whites, legitimately representing the Russians who moved first, continue to move in one direction: forward. For the alignment of blacks, whose “King Volodymyr” tries not to give up an inch, some remain still and others, however, go back.