In the Russo-Ukrainian War, Europe has always been in a very awkward position, and from the perspective of interests, they should act as "fire extinguishers" to prevent the crisis brought about by the Russo-Ukrainian War from sweeping across Europe. However, under the influence of public opinion and the pressure of the United States, they acted as "archfirers", sanctioning Russia and reinforcing Ukraine. However, regardless of the role that Europe played in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, in the results, Europe's losses are second only to Ukraine, so something must be done on the Russian-Ukrainian issue. According to the Global Network, the leaders of Germany, Italy and France have arrived in Kiev and held talks with Zelenskiy.
Since the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kiev, Kiev has become a "punch card holy place" for Western politicians, on the one hand, to brush up on the sense of existence through this international hotspot, on the other hand, to extinguish or add a fire to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. When the leaders of Germany, France, and Italy visited Kiev this time, they openly shouted their support for Ukraine, and also said that whether Ukraine chose to sacrifice its territory to end the war was decided by Ukraine itself, and Europe would support Ukraine's decision. Although the German, French and Italian leaders shouted loud slogans this time, secretly they were more likely to act as "fire extinguishers".
Germany and Italy are the three most influential countries in the EU, and their trip represents the entire EU. France is the military and economic power of the European Union, and has always regarded itself as the leader of the European Union, Macron is the Western leader who can rarely talk to Putin after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, because Putin knows that France is not only an EU power, but also the current rotating presidency of the European Union, so Macron's opinion represents the eu's opinion to a certain extent, and in the Case of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, Germany and France are the objects that Russia can cooperate with.
German Chancellor Scholz's visit to Kiev should be very mixed, because Zelenskiy has publicly humiliated the German president before, and recently Zelenskiy has also publicly accused German aid of being inadequate. So Scholz should have come with a sense of dissatisfaction, but had to go. Italian Prime Minister Gilder is a well-known economist, and he naturally knows how much the Russian-Ukrainian crisis has had a negative impact on Europe, and even the current Italian economy is extremely bad, and he extremely hopes that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will end quickly and the situation will return to the pre-war situation.
The eu trio gathered in Kiev, apparently to speak on behalf of Europe and Ukraine about the Russo-Ukrainian War. For the EU, since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, a large number of refugees have poured into Europe, increasing the social burden on EU member states. And the spillover effects of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis have become more and more obvious, with the euro area's CPI index reaching 8.1% in May, which is closely related to the EU's "self-harm" approach to sanctions against Russia.
If the war continues, the EU will not only continue to transfuse blood to Ukraine and aid Ukraine's weapons and equipment, but also continue to maintain sanctions against Russia, spend high prices to buy energy from other regions, and continue to face difficulties such as the food crisis. Therefore, the entire Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the United States and Russia have different degrees of benefits, but Ukraine and the European Union have paid a heavy price.
At present, the United States has announced another $1 billion in military aid, which shows that the United States still wants the war to continue, but if it continues, I am afraid that the war will drag on until the winter, when the EU will be more dependent on Russia in energy, and the negative impact of sanctions on Russia will be highlighted. Therefore, the visit of Germany, Italy and France to Kiev is likely to test Zelenskiy's tone and see what conditions are needed to make Ukraine compromise. And Germany, Italy and France are cleverly chosen to host an EU summit next week to discuss Ukraine as a candidate for the EU.
This visit to Kiev by Germany, Italy and France to talk with Ukraine about joining the European Union can actually be interpreted as the EU is beating Zelenskiy, Ukraine is in Europe after all, not the Americas, and the only one who can really support Ukraine in the end is Europe. Zelenskiy cannot do things only in the eyes of the United States, but also has to consider the feelings of the European Union. At the same time, it also painted a big pie for Zelenskiy, as if the United States promised to help Ukraine join NATO. But the EU's pie this time is indeed easier to achieve than the United States, after all, Russia is not opposed to Ukraine's accession to the EU.
However, Russia is not optimistic about the visit of the leaders of Germany, Italy and France to Kiev, and Medvedev bluntly said that the visit of the leaders of the three countries to Kiev will not bring Ukraine back to peace, and they will not have any results of the visit. Medvedev's words, on the one hand, confirm that the leaders of the three countries went to "extinguish the fire", on the other hand, they also show that in this Russian-Ukrainian crisis, Russia is very disappointed in the performance of Germany and Italy.
Medvedev is also very reasonable, the EU now lacks strategic autonomy, does not even have the courage to refuse to follow the United States to sanction Russia, and it is even more unrealistic to want to take back the right to speak from the United States.