What can the West do to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Domenico Quirico, veteran war correspondent and press journalist, explains Monday, April 18, in Tagadà, on La7, without filter, the impasse we risk finding ourselves in thinking about imposing gas sanctions. “We ruled out any negotiating relationship by saying that ‘Russian President Vladimir Putin’ is genocide. I’d like to see what Western leader can meet Putin and tell him: ‘We’ll slam you on the gas, pull out of Ukraine and buy it back…’ . But can you imagine a scenario like this? “.
Quirico emphasizes that we are talking about “metaphysics, no one spoke to Hitler”. Western leaders have to hope that someone presents themselves as “postPutin”, albeit unlikely. “How do they sit down with Bucha’s butcher? Did you tell fairy tales to the Ukrainians?” “There is no logic” in the behavior of the EU states, which are helping Ukraine but do not want to cross hypothetical “red lines”, explains the journalist, pointing the finger at the European attitude to the war. “It’s not help, it’s hypocrisy,” urges the journalist, who agrees with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who, as Quirico sums up, tells us bluntly: “Do you want to protect us? Make war”.
For Quirico, “this is not a war that ends on May 9,” he says, arguing: “We are on the new frontier of the Cold War, there will be moments of relaxation and cooling,” but it will last for years. “We need a change in mentality, it’s not like the British thought about the pound sterling in ’39 before they fought the Hitler war … We want the electric car and the tank that destroys Russian vehicles,” is not all possible “. In short, we are at a crossroads in history and the West is being called upon to make dramatic decisions.”