Why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should not join the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Alaska, scheduled for Aug. 15, was discussed on Radio NV by German political scientist and director of the Berlin-based European Resilience Initiative Center, Sergej Sumlenny.
From: New Voice of Ukraine by Sergej Sumlenny — German political scientist, director of the European Resilience Initiative Center (Berlin)
I don’t think [he should go there]. It will be a meeting of oppression.
What can he do there — the third world leader against two world leaders who have agreed? What levers does Ukraine have against Russia that Ukraine has not yet used? Ukraine is striking at oil refineries; where it can hold the front, it does; where it can liberate its territories — in Sumy Oblast — it is liberating. So, to threaten, to escalate somewhere? In principle, there is nowhere.
The United States has ways to threaten, but they are not doing it.
Therefore, Zelenskyy’s presence will not increase pressure on Russia. On the contrary, it will legitimize these agreements, even if Zelenskyy does not agree with them. His very presence will legitimize them because “look, we invited him, discussed everything, he did not quite agree, but he recognized the legitimacy of this negotiation format.”
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