Ukrainian Prime Minister Zelenskiy has recently gone too far and taken himself too seriously, and diplomatic relations between Ukraine and France and Germany, the two major European powers, are about to freeze.
French President Emmanuel Macron, in criticizing Russia's special military operations against Ukraine, refused to use the adjective of "genocide" and stressed that Russians and Ukrainians are brothers. In response, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikolenko said that "the French president's statement is disappointing". Zelenskiy expressed a more negative attitude: "Such a description is very hurtful for us, and we will certainly do my best to discuss this with the President of France." ”
In addition to expressing dissatisfaction with the French side, the current war of words between Ukraine and Germany continues. After German President Steinmeier was denied a visit to Kiev by Ukraine on the grounds that he was "too close to Russia," German Chancellor Schoelz responded that Ukraine's move was "infuriating." At present, Ukraine has become the "talker" of Europe, and the temper is very large.
In Ukraine's view, it has blocked the military strike from Russia and brought peace to the whole of Europe, so the Kiev government takes it for granted that European countries must stand on the side of Ukraine one hundred percent, otherwise it will betray Ukraine or even betray the so-called "just cause" of the whole of Europe.
Why did the Government of Kiev attack the German president?
At the solidarity concert in support of Ukraine organized by the German Federal Presidential Palace, a large number of musicians from Russia and Belarus were invited, which made the Ukrainian side believe that Germany was taking the opportunity of the concert at the Federal Presidential Palace to "promote Russian culture".
Melinik, Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, said on social media: "The whole concert was full of soloists from Russia, which is a provocation to Ukraine. At least the German Federal Presidential Office should invite Ukrainian musicians. ”
In fact, however, on the website of the German Presidency, it has been publicly stated that the "for freedom and peace" solidarity concert invites musicians from Ukraine, and musicians from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Germany will play the works of famous Ukrainian composers together, releasing a "signal of unity".
Ironically, these basic facts have been ignored by the Ukrainian side, and they are still unwilling to admit that their criticism of the German federal government is groundless and too extreme.
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the dissatisfaction of the Kiev authorities with Germany has continued to rise, and even the dissatisfaction of the Kiev authorities with Berlin can be considered a microcosm of the dissatisfaction with NATO.
Around the outbreak of the war in February, German support to Ukraine was dominated by bulletproof helmets and combat clothing; in March, Germany handed over to Ukraine a batch of older Man-Portable Air Defence Missiles (MANPADS) produced during the Soviet period. In Ukraine's view, Germany's support for Ukraine is quite "perfunctory", Ukraine wants to obtain advanced heavy equipment and various types of weapons from Germany, but Germany has always refused to export such products to Ukraine.
So far, Germany has only delivered infantry weapons, including machine guns and anti-tank weapons, to Kiev, and Germany still refuses to provide the Kiev authorities with the tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and other equipment they expect.
Apparently, the Kiev authorities were merely an excuse to express their displeasure with the German president, preferring that the more powerful German Chancellor Scholz travel to Kiev so that the two sides could negotiate possible arms support.
However, this kind of "asking for rice" approach is bound to not get the desired effect. The Zelenskiy government has no idea, not that Ukraine is strong enough to block Russia, but because Ukraine has received assistance from NATO countries that it has been able to hold on.
Ukrainian netizens tauntEduu Macron
Ukrainian netizens recently invented a new Internet term, "Macronete", to specifically mock French President Macron. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, France, as the European leader, hoped to reconcile the contradictions between Russia and Ukraine so that the two sides could return to peace as soon as possible, but Macron's efforts became a "cowardly act" in the eyes of Ukrainian extremists. In the eyes of Ukrainian netizens, Macron's coordination of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is actually based on the neglect and even damage to Ukraine's national interests.
Judging from Macron's series of efforts to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine at an early date, the French president is indeed campaigning for regional peace. He refuses to use the term "genocide" to attack Russia because the current international investigation into the butcha incident has not yet been completely concluded, and how civilian casualties in the town of Butcha appear is still in the fog.
Rational choice fully demonstrates the French government's relatively neutral position on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and also shows Macron's basic style of emphasizing seeking truth from facts. However, reason is always described as cowardly and incompetent in the face of extremes. In the eyes of some Ukrainian extremists today, the logic of not explicitly supporting Ukraine is tantamount to opposing Ukraine is deeply rooted, and the extreme actions triggered by this thinking have greatly undermined the positive efforts of other peace-loving European countries to reconcile the Ukrainian issue, and Ukraine will eventually fall into the abyss under the influence of these extremists.
European dignitaries visit Kiev intensively
At a time when Russia is actively preparing for the second phase of its operations against eastern Ukraine, dignitaries from major European countries are beginning to make intensive visits to Kiev. On the 9th, the Austrian prime minister and the British prime minister visited Kiev and reiterated their support for Ukraine, but on the issue of military aid that Ukraine is concerned about, the United Kingdom and Austria have not made a clear answer.
In addition to the intensive visits of European dignitaries, the current diplomatic teams of the European Union, Italy and other regions or countries have begun to return to Kiev to work, which is actually to send a signal to the outside world that "the Ukrainian government has initially controlled the development of the situation", but in fact, this signal is illusory - the Russian army has attacked the Ukrainian army logistics base around Kiev in the attack operation on the ukrainian deep target since the 12th.
At present, the Ukrainian army is actually difficult to deal with the onslaught of the second phase of the Russian army, the Ukrainian army is not only lacking heavy equipment, but also under the precision strike of the Russian army, the logistics system of the Ukrainian army is also showing signs of disorder.
All of the above, the intensive visits of EU dignitaries or the return of diplomatic teams to Kiev actually fall under the category of European cooperation with Ukraine. Zelenskiy, who did not forget to put on a show in the face of great difficulties, is really worthy of being a national leader who came from an actor, and indeed loves his job very much.