When it comes to the current situation in Eastern Europe, several small European countries seem quite noteworthy, and now Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine have joined forces to provoke Russia, and on December 3, the presidents of Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania issued a joint statement against Russia, calling for the international community to impose tougher sanctions on Russia.
President of Poland Andrey Duda
The leaders of the three countries, including Polish President Andrey Duda, Lithuanian President Jitanas Nauseda, and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy, noted in a joint statement that, with the support of Russia, Belarus launched a hybrid attack on Lithuania and Poland, undermining the security of the border between the two countries. It also accused Russia of pursuing a policy of aggression against Ukraine, expressed deep concern about the Nord Stream-2 energy pipeline, and believed that Russia used energy as a geopolitical tool, and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was a challenge to European security and opposed To russia's monopoly on the European gas market.
President of Lithuania, Ghitanas Nauseda
This can definitely be called: the weak and the weak join forces! The above three countries are not considered to be a strong country, originally Ukraine is a regional power, but unfortunately, under the abolition of the martial arts policy, the completion of deindustrialization, even the population has decreased by 10 million, falling into one of the poorest countries in Europe, as for Lithuania is even worse, that is, Poland is still a bit low, and it is also not good, especially compared with Russia, it can only be considered weak.
President of Ukraine
Nowadays, the three countries do have the intention of joining forces, but what is the significance of joining forces? These three countries together are not much of an advantage, there is no military threat at all limited by national strength, the key is that they have their backs to the West. The three countries are not enough in military strength to stand on the first line of anti-Russia, in addition to geographical factors, so that they can not shirk, the support of the West is the key. Without the support of the West, they will be subject to Russia, as a military force second only to the United States, its strength should not be questioned.
The Russian-Belarusian alliance should not be underestimated
Now with the support of the United States and NATO as the backing, will Putin back down? Perhaps they think that they can take advantage of the anti-Russian situation and how To make Russia retreat, which is a complete delusion, a ridiculous thing. In fact, the problem can be found from the statement, and the leaders of the three countries only expressed "concern" about the Nord Stream-2 project, not "opposition". Don't talk about Russia's monopoly on the European gas market, now Europe dare not want Russian gas? Is there a second supplier that can replace Russia? They dare not say that they oppose, the ultimate reason is that Europe is stuck in the neck of the gas supply, they dare to say that they oppose, that is, they cannot get along with the main countries in Europe that rely on Russian gas, Germany may not dare to offend the United States, but it is not the object of their offense, and they cannot stand up in the statement, what does this mean? The relationship between Russia and Europe is complicated, and no one can influence it, even if there is the support of the United States, the three countries do not dare to offend the EU.
The European Union is limited by natural gas supply and other restrictions, and it cannot stand up against Russia, not even the United States cannot influence it, not to mention, the United States does not dare to go to war with Russia, and no one can afford the consequences, then the three countries are anti-Russian is also shouting, there is no courage to do it!
Can the President of the United States be trusted?
Maybe the three countries should consider their own situation, not afraid of being pitted? Do not think that close relations with the West will not be pitted, especially Ukraine, be careful that even Poland and Lithuania will abandon themselves. Don't think that the entire Western bloc supports Ukraine and thinks that it is safe to sit back, that the West is now deterring Russia, not preparing for a war. If Russia really wants to solve it by force, maybe the West will have run away long ago, and the pit teammates have done this kind of thing several times, don't believe what the West says.