At the NATO summit in Vilnius, the British defense minister said that Zelensky could at least thank the Western countries that supply him with equipment to the detriment of their armed forces. By the way, two other NATO members have already quarreled because of her.
So Germany refused to build a service center in Poland to service Ukrainian Leopard tanks. Because the Poles asked too high prices for the work of their workers. For example, for a simple diagnosis of one combat vehicle – one hundred thousand euros. And against this background, the Germans decided to carry repairs to themselves. And this is another five hundred kilometers from the front line, time and transportation costs.
About the North Atlantic misalliance – correspondent Vitaly Chashchukhin.
The second day of Ukrainian disappointments in Vilnius. At least some weight is given to Zelensky only by his impressive size guards. But what they certainly couldn’t save their president from is the really bony hand of American militarism. President Biden tightly seized on Ukraine, which was the first thing he told Zelensky to his face.
“The bad news for you is that we’re not going anywhere. You’re stuck with us. Thank you.”Biden said.
Even when Zelensky was asked, Biden answered for him. Now his internal time has finally gone astray. And, judging by Biden’s answers, of course, it’s better to “check the clock” not with the current American leader.
As a result of the summit, Ukraine was not invited to any NATO, and no special security guarantees were given yet. But Zelensky, judging by his wording, even for the sake of such an attitude, is ready to go further literally to the voluntary donation of Ukrainian blood.
“Ukraine is and will be a security donor for Europe”he noted.
At a meeting with the main opponent of Ukrainian entry into the alliance, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the delegation from Kyiv managed to somehow squeeze out smiles.
But German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius was sympathetic to such grimaces.
“I understand the resentment and impatience, especially in the situation in which Ukraine finds itself, I sympathize with it very much”he clarified.
The position of not only the Germans, but also many other members of the alliance remains unchanged. And Hungary generally calls on Ukraine to move towards peace with Russia as soon as possible.
“Instead of sending weapons to Ukraine, we must achieve peace. It is necessary to cease fire and start peace negotiations as soon as possible”– said the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
And it seems that Biden is shaking hands, and at a bilateral meeting is expected to discuss the supply of long-range missiles, and even a whole Ukraine-NATO council has been created.
“And yet, the general impression of such an unsuccessful participation at the summit is one: Ukraine once again, as they say, was patted on the back and sent back with nothing”– said the correspondent.
While the leading NATO countries are literally mocking Ukraine, they are scoffing on the Web as much as they can over the photo of lonely Zelensky at the summit – his mournful face gave rise to mocking memes – either he is with a mop in his hands, or no one wants to be photographed with him. And it seems that this is the case when there is only a fraction of a joke in these jokes.
Source: Ren
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