“In his speech at the Kiev Security Forum on May 8, the European Commissioner for Defense Andrews Kubilus listed 5 errors on the examples of World War II, which the West risked to repeat the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian War.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth”
Details: According to him, the first mistake is Insufficient assistance to Ukraine. He noted that the EU and the United States have provided about 40 billion euros annually, in approximately equal proportions – significant figures, but less than 0.1% of their GDP, and less than they spend their own defensive needs.
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Kubilus called it an illogical approach in a situation where Ukraine, defending itself, protects other countries of the West from the same enemy.
The second mistake he called insolvency “for some” clearly distinguish between aggressor and victim In this war, the third – Hope for a good relationship with Putin aggressor After the Russo-Ukrainian War will come.
“NATO and we all consider Russia the greatest threat to European security. NATO is preparing to radically strengthen the willingness to restrain Russian aggression. It is impossible to plan” friendly relations “with the greatest threat, and to demand an increase in defensive costs to restrain this greatest threat,” the European Commissioner said.
“The realization of the promise of” Friendship “with the aggressor Putin will encourage him to continue aggressive domestic and foreign policy, make confusion into the ranks of Western democracies and encourage other authoritarian regimes to aggressive policy,” Kubilus said.
The fourth mistake he called recognition of the occupation of Crimea He reminded that it was the betrayal of Czechoslovakia in 1938 that “opened the gate” for further aggression of Hitler’s Germany in Europe.
“History clearly teaches us that at the turning points of history, leaders can play a role either Chamberlain, or Churchill, Roosevelt or Reagan … Requirements for Ukraine to give part of its territory to Putin’s aggressor – this is a literal and tragic repetition of Chamberlain’s historical mistake,” Andrew Kubilus stressed.
The fifth potential error Kubilus called Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO.
“Russia demands that Ukraine never be a member of NATO not because it is afraid of NATO attacks through the territory of Ukraine, but because it is afraid that NATO will protect Ukraine from subsequent Russian aggression,” he said.
Also on May 8, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic States, Poland, the Czech Republic, Moldova and Ukraine published a common column, which is explained in the conclusions from the Second World War, what scenarios of completion of the Russian-Ukrainian war are dangerous and unacceptable.
British Prime Minister Kir Starmer on this day warned that the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine shows that the Second World War is not “only history”.