How far it wants to go Wladimir Putin? Are you limiting yourself to a military operation against Ukraine, or do you really want to expand the conflict to other countries? The difficulties of the Russian army on the ground will certainly not be enough to appease Moscow’s goals, also because further steps against new countries could be on the horizon. It’s a scenario that was by no means ruled out Sergey KaraganovPutin’s former foreign policy adviser to the president said Europe could become Russia’s target.
The alarm over Europe
Karaganov is also considered to be very close to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: in an interview with Corriere della Sera, Putin’s former adviser bluntly claimed that it was “a war againstwest in which people gather around the leader. “He himself made it known that westward expansion and socalled Russophobia are even reaching proportions” like the antiSemitism of the interwar period. “And at the same time, from Moscow, they “perceived deep divisions and structural problems in Western societies.”
Hence those who believe that the conflict is far from itEuropethat a military operation will not reach the EU member states. In fact, Karaganov spoke explicitly of this possibility, also because the Americans and many of their NATO partners continue to send weapons to Ukraine: “If this continues, the targets in Europe could be hit or they will interrupt the lines of communication”.
At this point “the war could escalate”. Thus, Moscow interprets Kiev’s military support as a potential threat that could be countered. In addition, the European Union is poised to launch the fifth package of sanctions against Russia, with the 27 member countries’ ambassadors giving the goahead: formal ratification is expected by 10 a.m. this morning. Among other things, the sanctions should include the gradual embargo on Russian coal imports.
The prediction of war
The extreme dynamics of the situation prevents us from having certainties in the short term, let alone for a wide range. Karaganov said the outcome could be a new contract, perhaps with Zelenskyy, who is still in office. This could include the creation of a country in southern and southeastern Ukraine, a “Friend of Russia.” “Maybe there will be two Ukrainians. But now it is impossible to predict, we are in the fog of war,” he added.
Putin’s former adviser tried to explain the reasons for Russia’s military operation. He cited an ever faster upswing in mood as the cause neonazi“in Ukraine: the result, in his opinion, is that” it became like Germany around 193637 “. So the war is considered “inevitable” and the decision is fully confirmed: “Strike first, before the threat became even greater. “deadly.”